Freddie Waits | Westbeth

Freddie Waits
1940-1989
Musician

Freddie Waits was “the house drummer for Motown Records, performing with the Temptations, Martha and the Vandellas and Stevie Wonder, among others.

“When he moved to New York, he worked with Little Willie John at Small’s Paradise in Harlem. Later he was an original member of the New York Jazz Sextet and a member of M’Boom, the percussion choir. …

“Mr. Waits performed with numerous artists, including Ella Fitzgerald, Donald Byrd, Sonny Rollins, Freddie Hubbard, Johnny Hodges, Richard Davis, Jackie McLean and Reggie Workman.”
–New York Times, Nov. 22, 1989

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