Performance
Edgar Bateman
Edgar Bateman is credited on 58 releases across 14 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1961–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
58
Pressings credited
14
Albums
7
Decades active
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In collections
Biography
Edgar Leon Bateman Jr. (January 11, 1929 – May 18, 2010) was an American jazz drummer. He first recorded with Walt Dickerson and would later work with Eric Dolphy, Herbie Hancock, and Booker Ervin. His final recording was with Khan Jamal. He neither smoked nor drank alcohol and was said to be health conscious. He had rheumatic fever as a child and was from St. Louis. In St. Louis he and Oliver Nelson were in high school band together.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
58 releases · 14 albums · active 1961–2023
- Performance · 58
Studios: The Gaslight · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Virtue Studios · The Players Palace Entertainment Center
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Walt Dickerson
- Ken McIntyre
- Eric Dolphy
- Walt Dickerson Trio
- Ted Curson Quartet
- René Thomas
- John Handy III
- John Handy
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