#RIP: Steve Reid
Steve Reid: 29th January 1944 – 13th April 2010
with sadness we note the death of one of percussion’s true geniuses
anima eius et animae omnium fidelium
defunctorum per dei misericordiam
requiescant in pace
during a long and distinguished career, Reid played with the likes of James Brown, Sun Ra, Ornette Coleman, and Miles Davis. starting out, he had spells drumming for the Apollo Theatre House Band and as a session player for Motown, and then went on to lead the Legendary Master Brotherhood. from 1969-71, he was imprisoned in Lewisberg Federal Penitentiary for refusing to register for the Vietnam draft.
Lions of Juda by Steve Reid