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Apr 27, 1940 Jackson, Mississippi, United States Died on 18 Nov 1989 (aged 49)
American musician
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About Freddie Waits
- Frederick "Freddie" Douglas Waits (April 27, 1943 – November 18, 1989) was a hard bop and post-bop drummer. Waits never officially recorded as leader, however he was a prominent member and composer in Max Roach's M'Boom percussion ensemble. He worked as sideman with a number of influential pianists, including McCoy Tyner, Kenny Barron, Andrew Hill, Gene Harris, Billy Taylor and Joe Zawinul. In 1967, he recorded with Freddie Hubbard.He was a member of the last Lee Morgan Quintet, a journey cut short by Morgan's murder in 1972.In the late 1970s, Waits formed Colloquium III with fellow drummers Horace Arnold and Billy Hart.
- In the 1980s he became a music faculty member of Rutgers University.
- He died of pneumonia and kidney failure in New York in 1989.His son is the drummer Nasheet Waits.
