Terry Silverlight | |
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| Background information | |
| Genres | Jazz, pop, rock, R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, drummer, composer, record producer, arranger, author |
| Instrument(s) | Drums |
| Years active | 1971–present |
| Website | www |
Terry Silverlight is a jazz, pop, rock and R&B drummer, composer, producer, arranger and author.
Silverlight was born in Newark, New Jersey and grew up in North Plainfield, New Jersey. He made his debut as a drummer on Barry Miles' [1] 's White Heat album, recorded in 1971 when Silverlight was fourteen years old. [2] [3] [4] That early jazz/fusion album [5] featured Barry Miles's compositions along with performances by guitarists Pat Martino, John Abercrombie, and saxophonist/flutist Lew Tabackin. Silverlight drummed on several more Barry Miles recordings throughout the 1970s performing alongside Al Di Meola, Vic Juris, Eric Kloss and Richard Davis.
After attending Princeton University, Silverlight moved to Manhattan and embarked upon a studio session career, playing drums on recordings for artists including Billy Ocean, George Benson, Laura Nyro, Stephanie Mills, Freddie Jackson, Anne Murray, Natalie Merchant, Jonathan Butler, Stephen Stills, Mel Tormé, Phil Woods, Tom Jones, Change, Odyssey, jingles, and film scores including You've Got Mail , One Fine Day , My Blue Heaven , Titus , What Planet Are You From? and Frida .
Silverlight has authored three drum books; The Featured Drummer, The Stick Bag of Jazz, Funk, Fusion and Gig Bag Series for Drummers: Rhythm & Percussion. All are published by Music Sales Corporation. He has been an educator appearing at clinics including PASIC (Percussive Arts Society), Sam Ash Music and Brooklyn College. He taught drums at the Drummers Collective (DCI) in Manhattan from 1981-1985.
Silverlight toured worldwide as a member of Roberta Flack's band from 1986–1988, and has toured Japan yearly as a member of David Matthews's Manhattan Jazz Orchestra (MJO) since 1996, having recorded several albums with that group.
Simultaneous to his drumming career, Silverlight has written songs, composed, produced, and arranged music for network TV shows [6] including One Life to Live , The Young and the Restless , The Sopranos , All My Children , Beverly Hills, 90210 , Melrose Place , CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , NCIS , Smallville , Ghost Whisperer , Strong Medicine , The District , Las Vegas , Sabrina, the Teenage Witch , 7th Heaven , The Shield , Burn Notice , South Beach , jingle products Reebok, Nicorette, Pantene, Crisco, the films Invincible with Mark Wahlberg, Head over Heels with Monica Potter/Freddie Prinze, Jr., Marci X with Lisa Kudrow, Sunshine Cleaning with Alan Arkin/Emily Blunt/Amy Adams, Mad About Mambo with Keri Russell, and songs recorded by Nancy Wilson, Les McCann, Carl Anderson, Phillip Ingram (Switch V), Louise Redknapp and Judy Torres.
Silverlight has seven solo artist recordings featuring his drumming and original compositions. [7] Four are in the jazz genre: Terry Silverlight, [8] Wild!! , [9] Diamond in the Riff , [10] and Live!, showcasing performances by Barry Miles, Will Lee, Paul Shaffer, Edgar Winter, Hiram Bullock, Chuck Loeb, Lew Soloff, and Bill Evans, among others. Three of the albums are in the pop genre featuring Silverlight's work as a songwriter, producer and arranger: Songwriter Producer: Volumes I & II, Collaborations: Volumes I & II, and Music To Picture.
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Sunflower is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson recorded in 1972 and released on the CTI label. Assisting Jackson are trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, a star-studded rhythm section composed chiefly of Miles Davis alumni, and, on the first track, string and woodwind accompaniment, courtesy of Don Sebesky.
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Celebration is an album by saxophonist Eric Kloss recorded in 1979 and released on the Muse label.
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