Billy Drummond is an American jazz drummer born Willis Robert Drummond Jr. on
June 19, 1959, in Newport News, Virginia. He started playing drums at age 4,
performed locally in his own ensemble by age 8, and attended the Shenandoah
College and Conservatory of Music on a classical percussion scholarship. Moving
to New York in 1986, he played with Out of the Blue and the Horace Silver sextet
before touring with Sonny Rollins for 3 years, while establishing musical ties
with Joe Henderson and Buster Williams. Drummond debuted as a bandleader with
Native Colours (1992), followed by Th...