ArtistInfo

Herlin Riley

dr, *1957 US, New Orleans
Musician of Jazz

Herlin Riley (born February 15, 1957) is an American Neo-bop jazz drummer. Along with other notable musicians such as Wynton Marsalis and Wessel Anderson, he is a member of the New York jazz group, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra."Whirlin" Herlin Riley was born in New Orleans, Louisiana into a musical family, and first began playing the drums at the age of three. He studied trumpet throughout high school and for two years of college, but his interest in the instrument waned and he began to focus again on drums.

Instruments

• Drums
• Tamborine

Genres

• Jazz
• Classical
• Rock

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