Herlin Riley

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New Orleans jazz drummer Herlin Riley is best known as a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and a longtime associate of trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. Born in 1957 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Riley grew up in a musical family and first began playing the drums at age three. Despite his early affinity for percussion, Riley focused primarily on trumpet throughout high school, eventually returning to drums full-time during his junior year of college. After college, Riley joined pianist Ahmad Jamal's band from 1984 to 1987. Also in the '80s, he found work performing with a bevy of name artists including Harry Connick, Jr., Marcus Roberts, George Benson, and others. Since 1988, Riley has been a regular member of trumpeter Wynton Marsalis' ensembles, appearing on such albums as Majesty of the Blues (1988), Standard Time, Vol. 2: Intimacy Calling (1990), Blue Interlude (1991), Citi Movement (1992), and In This House, On This Morning (1993). Also with Marsalis, Riley has been a longtime member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra appearing regularly in concert, on tour and on such albums as the Pulitzer Prize-winning Blood on the Fields (1997). In 2000, Riley made his solo debut with Watch What You're Doing, followed in 2005 by Cream of the Crescent with fellow JLCO-members Marsalis, trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, and saxophonist Victor Goines. Also during this time, he appeared on such albums as Cassandra Wilson's Silver Pony (2010), Cecile McLorin Salvant's WomanChild (

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Perpetual Optimism

New Direction

Cream of the Crescent

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Watch What You Re Doing

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Rush Hour - Single

Watch What You're Doing

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12 Jazz Visits in Copenhagen 1996

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Music from Tiana's Bayou Adventure

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Parker's Mood

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The New World of Jazz - Naxos Jazz Sampler 2000

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TSF Jazz City, Vol. 1 : New Orleans

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OZOLOGY - Sounds of New Orleans - WWOZ on CD Fall 2009 - Vol. 31

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