Eddie Gladden

Eddie Gladden (December 6, 1937 – September 30, 2003) was an American jazz drummer.

Eddie Gladden
Eddie Gladden at Keystone Korner in San Francisco, California with the Dexter Gordon Quartet in 1981
Background information
Born(1937-12-06)December 6, 1937
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedSeptember 30, 2003(2003-09-30) (aged 65)
Newark
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsDrums
Years active1972–1990s
Associated actsDexter Gordon

Career

Gladden played professionally from 1962 in his hometown of Newark. In 1972 he began working with James Moody. During the rest of his career he worked with Eddie Jefferson, Richie Cole, Cecil Payne, Horace Silver, David Fathead Newman, Larry Young, Freddie Roach, Jimmy McGriff, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Kirk Lightsey, Clifford Jordan, Albert Dailey, Jimmy Ponder, Shirley Scott, and Mickey Tucker, among others. He played in Dexter Gordon's quartet from 1977, touring and recording.

Discography

As sideman

With Richie Cole

With Dexter Gordon

  • Great Encounters (Columbia, 1978)
  • Manhattan Symphonie (Columbia, 1978)
  • American Classic (Elektra Musician 1982)
  • Nights at the Keystone (Blue Note, 1985)
  • Nights at the Keystone Volume 1 (Blue Note, 1990)
  • Nights at the Keystone Volume 2 (Blue Note, 1990)
  • Nights at the Keystone Volume 3 (Blue Note, 1990)
  • Sophisticated Giant (CBS 1990)
  • Ballads (Blue Note, 1991)

With Eddie Jefferson

With Kirk Lightsey

With James Moody

  • Never Again! (Muse, 1972)
  • Timeless Aura (Vanguard, 1976)
  • Sun Journey (Vanguard, 1976)

With John Patton

With Freddie Roach

  • Mocha Motion! (Prestige, 1967)
  • My People (Prestige, 1967)

With Mickey Tucker

With Larry Young

With others

References
    • J. Kent Williams, "Eddie Gladden". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.
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