Roy Harte

Roy S. Harte (May 27, 1924 – October 26, 2003) was an American jazz drummer and co-founder of Nocturne Records and Pacific Jazz Records. In partnership with Remo Belli, the founder and namesake of internationally famous drumhead manufacturer Remo, he founded "Drum City," a well-known retail drum shop on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California. Harte appeared in Leedy drums endorsement ads in the late 1950s to early 1960s.

Selected discography

As leader

Perfect Percussion: The 44 Instruments of Roy Harte & Milt Holland, World-Pacific Records (1961)

As sideman

References

External links

Roy Harte discography on Discogs. Roy Harte obituary.

American jazz drummers

Big band drummers

Cool jazz drummers

West Coast jazz drummers

Mainstream jazz drummers

Swing drummers

Musicians from Los Angeles

1924 births

2003 deaths

American people of Russian descent

American jazz percussionists

American session musicians

20th-century American drummers

American male drummers

Batá drummers

Bongo players

Jazz musicians from California

20th-century American male musicians

American male jazz musicians