Frankie Dunlop


Francis Dunlop was an American jazz drummer.
Dunlop, born in Buffalo, New York, grew up in a musical family and began playing piano at age nine and drums at ten. He was playing professionally by age 16 and received some classical education in percussion. He toured with Big Jay McNeely and made recording debut with Moe Koffman in 1950 before serving in the Army during the Korean War. After his discharge he played with Sonny Stitt, Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins, Maynard Ferguson, Lena Horne, Duke Ellington, and Thelonious Monk ; it is for his recordings with the last of these that he is principally remembered. Later in his life he recorded with Lionel Hampton, Earl Hines, Ray Crawford, and Joe Zawinul.
In 1984, Dunlop retired, having recorded on over 100 albums.
His brother, Boyd Lee Dunlop, was a jazz pianist who was "rediscovered" while living at a nursing home in Buffalo. He was profiled in a New York Times article in December, 2011.

Discography

As sideman

With Maynard FergusonA Message from Birdland Swingin' My Way Through College Maynard Ferguson Plays Jazz for Dancing Maynard '64
With Lionel HamptonAlive & Jumping Lionel Hampton and His Band Live at The Muzeval Lionel Hampton and His Jazz Giants 77 Aurex Jazz Festival '81 Outrageous
With Thelonious MonkMonk in France Monk's Dream Criss Cross Thelonious Monk in Italy Miles & Monk at Newport Thelonious Monk in Europe Vol. 1 Thelonious Monk in Europe Vol. 2 Thelonious Monk in Europe Vol. 3 Big Band and Quartet in Concert Two Hours with Thelonious Monk in Tokyo Always Know Blue Monk Blues Five Spot Live! at The Village Gate Live in Stockholm 1961
With others