Herlin Riley Quartet December 30, 2010

Herlin Riley was born in New Orleans into a musical family and first began playing the drums at the age of three. From 1984 to 1987, Riley was a member of Ahmad Jamal's group. He joined Wynton Marsalis in 1988 and performed music by Duke Ellington on the first Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra U.S. tour in 1992. He has recorded with Marcus Roberts, Dr. John, Harry Connick, Jr., George Benson, Benny Wallace, and Mark Whitfield. Riley is a featured musician at Jazz at Lincoln Center and played a large part in developing the drum parts for Wynton Marsalis's Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Blood on the Fields.'

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