Ronnie Burrage

Ronnie Burrage (b. October 19, 1959, St. Louis, Missouri) is an American jazz drummer. His style draws elements from hard bop, bebop, funk, and soul.

Burrage sang in a boys' choir as a child and played drums in several funk groups growing up. He played in the St. Louis Metropolitan Jazz Quintet in the 1980s, behind Arthur Blythe, Jackie McLean, Andrew Hill and McCoy Tyner. Following this he played with Woody Shaw in the middle of the decade, and then cofounded Third Kind of Blue with John Purcell and Anthony Cox. Later work includes recordings with Defunkt, Barbara Dennerlein, Michal Urbaniak, Ray Anderson, Abdullah Ibrahim, Joanne Brackeen, Jack Walrath, Sonny Fortune, Courtney Pine, Joe Zawinul, Archie Shepp and Gary Thomas.

Discography

*"Ronnie Burrage Shuttle" with Hamiet Bluiett, Cyrus Chestnut, Joe Ford, Doc Gibbs, Frank Lacy, Charnett Moffett, 1993
*"Just Natural" with Terence Conley, Eric Person, 2000
*"In It", 2004

References

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