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'''Roy Lee Porter''' (July 30, 1923, [[Walsenburg, Colorado]] &ndash; January 24<ref name=ssdi>[http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi Social Security Death Index], retrieved 2011-11-15.</ref> or 25,<ref name=lastpost>[http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=920543830 Roy Porter: 1923-1998: Flying - And Faltering - With Bird]</ref> 1998, [[Los Angeles]]) was an American [[jazz]] [[drummer]].


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==Life and career==
| name = Roy Porter
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Porter moved from Walsenburg to [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]] when he was eight years old and began playing drums in [[rhythm and blues]] bands while a teenager. He attended [[Wiley College]] in Texas briefly, where trumpeter [[Kenny Dorham]] was a fellow student. He joined [[Milt Larkin]]'s band in 1943,<ref name=lastpost /> replacing [[Joe Marshall (musician)|Joe Marshall]].<ref name=camber>[http://campber.people.clemson.edu/archia.html Campbell, Robert L. and Leonard J. Bukowski, and Armin Büttner "The Tom Archia Discography"]. Retrieved July 3, 2013.</ref>
| birth_date = July 30, 1923
| birth_place = [[Walsenburg, Colorado]], U.S.
| death_date = January 24, 1998 (aged 75)
| death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| genre = [[Jazz]]
| instrument = [[Drums]]
}}
'''Roy Lee Porter''' (July 30, 1923 &ndash; January 24, 1998) was an American [[jazz]] [[drummer]].


==Early life==
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After military service, Porter settled in Los Angeles, and his services were soon in demand by some of the pioneers of [[bebop]]. He worked with [[Teddy Bunn]] and [[Howard McGhee]], making his first recordings with the latter. In 1946 he backed [[Charlie Parker]] on such [[Dial Records (1946)|Dial]] [[Charlie Parker's Savoy and Dial Sessions|classics]] as "[[A Night In Tunisia]]", "[[Yardbird Suite]]", "[[Ornithology (composition)|Ornithology]]" and the unfortunate recording of "[[Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)|Lover Man]]".<ref name=yanow>[[Scott Yanow]], [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p115312/biography|pure_url=yes}} Roy Porter] at [[Allmusic]].</ref>
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Born in [[Walsenburg, Colorado]], Porter moved to [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]] when he was eight and began playing drums in [[rhythm and blues]] bands while a teenager. He attended [[Wiley College]] in Texas briefly, where trumpeter [[Kenny Dorham]] was a fellow student. He joined [[Milt Larkin]]'s band in 1943,<ref name="lastpost">[http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=920543830 Roy Porter: 1923-1998: Flying - And Faltering - With Bird]</ref> replacing [[Joe Marshall (musician)|Joe Marshall]].<ref name="camber">[http://campber.people.clemson.edu/archia.html Campbell, Robert L. and Leonard J. Bukowski, and Armin Büttner "The Tom Archia Discography"]. Retrieved July 3, 2013.</ref>


== Career ==
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Porter played on Los Angeles' [[Central Avenue (Los Angeles)|Central Avenue]] with such leading bebop players as [[Dexter Gordon]], [[Wardell Gray]] and [[Teddy Edwards]], and in [[San Francisco]] with [[Hampton Hawes]] and [[Sonny Criss]]. He organized and went on the road with a big band in 1949 that included [[Art Farmer]], [[Jimmy Knepper]] and [[Eric Dolphy]].<ref name=autobiography>Porter, Roy, and David Keller, "There And Back", Continuum International Publishing Group, 1995, {{ISBN|978-1-871478-30-3}}.</ref>
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After military service, Porter settled in Los Angeles, and his services were soon in demand by some of the pioneers of [[bebop]]. He worked with [[Teddy Bunn]] and [[Howard McGhee]], making his first recordings with the latter. In 1946, he backed [[Charlie Parker]] on such [[Dial Records (1946)|Dial]] [[Charlie Parker's Savoy and Dial Sessions|classics]] as "[[A Night In Tunisia]]", "[[Yardbird Suite]]", "[[Ornithology (composition)|Ornithology]]" and the unfortunate recording of "[[Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)|Lover Man]]".<ref name=yanow>[[Scott Yanow]], [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p115312/biography|pure_url=yes}} Roy Porter] at [[Allmusic]].</ref>


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Porter played on Los Angeles' [[Central Avenue (Los Angeles)|Central Avenue]] with such bebop players as [[Dexter Gordon]], [[Wardell Gray]] and [[Teddy Edwards]], and in [[San Francisco]] with [[Hampton Hawes]] and [[Sonny Criss]]. He organized and went on the road with a big band in 1949 that included [[Art Farmer]], [[Jimmy Knepper]] and [[Eric Dolphy]].<ref name=autobiography>Porter, Roy, and David Keller, "There And Back", Continuum International Publishing Group, 1995, {{ISBN|978-1-871478-30-3}}.</ref>
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During the 1950s Roy Porter was inactive as a jazz musician due to drug problems and returned to music only infrequently afterwards.

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During the 1950s, Porter was inactive as a jazz musician due to drug problems and returned to music only infrequently afterwards.


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 22:23, 15 August 2022

For other people named Roy Porter, see Roy Porter (disambiguation).
Roy Porter
BornJuly 30, 1923
Walsenburg, Colorado, U.S.
DiedJanuary 24, 1998 (aged 75)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
GenresJazz
InstrumentDrums

Roy Lee Porter (July 30, 1923 – January 24, 1998) was an American jazz drummer.

Early life

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Born in Walsenburg, Colorado, Porter moved to Colorado Springs when he was eight and began playing drums in rhythm and blues bands while a teenager. He attended Wiley College in Texas briefly, where trumpeter Kenny Dorham was a fellow student. He joined Milt Larkin's band in 1943,[1] replacing Joe Marshall.[2]

Career

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After military service, Porter settled in Los Angeles, and his services were soon in demand by some of the pioneers of bebop. He worked with Teddy Bunn and Howard McGhee, making his first recordings with the latter. In 1946, he backed Charlie Parker on such Dial classics as "A Night In Tunisia", "Yardbird Suite", "Ornithology" and the unfortunate recording of "Lover Man".[3]

Porter played on Los Angeles' Central Avenue with such bebop players as Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray and Teddy Edwards, and in San Francisco with Hampton Hawes and Sonny Criss. He organized and went on the road with a big band in 1949 that included Art Farmer, Jimmy Knepper and Eric Dolphy.[4]

During the 1950s, Porter was inactive as a jazz musician due to drug problems and returned to music only infrequently afterwards.

References

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  1. ^ Roy Porter: 1923-1998: Flying - And Faltering - With Bird
  2. ^ Campbell, Robert L. and Leonard J. Bukowski, and Armin Büttner "The Tom Archia Discography". Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  3. ^ Scott Yanow, Roy Porter at Allmusic.
  4. ^ Porter, Roy, and David Keller, "There And Back", Continuum International Publishing Group, 1995, ISBN 978-1-871478-30-3.

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