Freddie Waits


Frederick "Freddie" Douglas Waits was a hard bop and post-bop drummer.
He never officially recorded as leader, but was a prominent member and composer in Max Roach's M'Boom percussion ensemble.
He worked as sideman with a number of influential pianists, including McCoy Tyner, Kenny Barron, Andrew Hill, Gene Harris, Billy Taylor and Joe Zawinul.
In 1967, Waits recorded with Freddie Hubbard.
He was a member of the last Lee Morgan Quintet, a journey cut short by Morgan's murder in 1972.
In the late 1970s, Waits formed Colloquium III with fellow drummers Horace Arnold and Billy Hart. In the 1980s he became a music faculty member of Rutgers University. He died of pneumonia and kidney failure in New York in 1989.
His son is the drummer Nasheet Waits.

Discography

As sideman

With M'Boom
With Roy Ayers
  • Daddy Bug
With Kenny Barron
With Gary Bartz
  • Another Earth
With Willie Bobo
  • A New Dimension
With Ray Bryant
  • Gotta Travel On
  • Lonesome Traveler
  • Slow Freight
  • Sound Ray
With Kenny Burrell
  • Night Song
With Donald Byrd
  • Mustang!
With Stanley Cowell
  • We Three
With Richard Davis
With Jack DeJohnette
With Bill Dixon
With Teddy Edwards
With Ricky Ford
With Bunky Green
With Tiny Grimes
With Gene Harris
With Andrew Hill
With Buck Hill
  • Capital Hill
With Johnny Hodges
With Richard "Groove" Holmes
With Freddie Hubbard
With Willis Jackson
With Clifford Jordan
With Hubert Laws
With Junior Mance
With Charles McPherson
;With René McLean
With Mulgrew Miller and Reggie Workman
With James Moody
With Lee Morgan
With Don Patterson
With Pharoah Sanders
With Shirley Scott
With Buddy Terry
With McCoy Tyner
With Joe Zawinul
With Curtis Fuller