Frank Gant | |
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Born | Detroit, Michigan | May 26, 1931
Died | July 19, 2021 90) | (aged
Occupation(s) | Jazz musician |
Instrument(s) | Drums |
Frank Gant (born May 26, 1931- July 19, 2021) was an american jazz drummer.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, [1] Gant recorded with Donald Byrd, Sonny Stitt, and extensively with Yusef Lateef in the late 1950s and then Red Garland before becoming a member of Ahmad Jamal's trio (1966-1976).
His first gigs were with Billy Mitchell and Pepper Adams, and after working with Little John Wilson and his Merry Men at the Madison Ballroom, including four days backing Billie Holiday, he went on to join Alvin Jackson's house band at the Blue Bird. [2]
As the house drummer at Detroit's Club 12, with Jackson's band, he backed Thelonious Monk and Charlie Rouse in September 1959. [3]
In the 1970s, he accompanied Jamil Nasser and Harold Mabern as the rhythm section for workshops run by Cobi Narita. [4]
With Al Haig
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