RIP Ben Riley

[paulfromcamden]

The Sonny Rollins Facebook page is reporting that the great drummer Ben Riley has passed away.

Ben played on hundreds of classic LPs including records by Sonny, Thelonious Monk, Johnny Griffin and Alice Coltrane.

 

[paulfromcamden]

Obit: http://wbgo.org/post/ben-riley-jazz-drummer-who-made-accompaniment-his-art-has-died-84#stream/0

 

[Tony L]

Sad news, I must have tons of wonderful stuff he played on. RIP.