Keith Copeland

Keith Copeland was a jazz drummer and music educator.

Career

His father, Ray Copeland, was a jazz trumpeter, and he learned by watching him, but he decided to play drums after studying Art Blakey's records with The Jazz Messengers.
In his teens he played with Barry Harris. He later worked with the Heath Brothers, but Percy Heath disliked his style, leading to arguments and to Copeland quitting.
During his musical career, Copeland played with Sam Jones, Billy Taylor, Johnny Griffin, Stevie Wonder, Rory Stuart, George Russell, and Hank Jones. He also led his own European-based groups, including one with Irish bassist Ronan Guilfoyle.
Copeland taught at The New School University in New York City, Rutgers, and Berklee College of Music before moving to Germany in 1992 and teaching in the Hochschule system. His students include Terri Lyne Carrington, Darren Beckett and Adam Cruz.

Discography

Source:

As leader

On Target The Irish Connection Round Trip

''Postcard from Vancouver''

As sideman

With Howard AldenMisterioso
With Ben BesiakovYou Stepped Out of a Dream
With Paul BleyBeBopBeBopBeBopBeBop
With Joshua Breakstone

Echoes
Evening Star
Sittin' on the Thing with Ming
Remembering Grant Green
The Music of Bud Powell
Tomorrow's Hours

With Charles BrownAll My Life
With Chris ConnerAs Time Goes by
With Stanley CowellSienna Departure #2 Hear Me One
With Meredith d'AmbrosioThe Cove Love Is Not a Game
With John DankworthEchoes of Harlem
With Stanton DavisBrighter Days
With Frank Foster and the SDR Big BandA Fresh Taste of the Blues
With Hugh Frasier/Jean Toussaint QuartetBack to Back
With David GazarovAutumnal Giant Steps
With Al GreyChristmas Stockin' Stuffer
With Johnny Griffin

Return of the Griffin

With Johnny Hartman

Once in Every Life

With the Heath BrothersIn Motion
With Sam JonesThe Bassist!
With Mark KirkLavender Mist with Steve Gilmore
With Ann MalcolmIncident'ly
With Susannah McCorkleI'll Take Romance
With Sandy McLeodConversations with Love
With Jackie ParisNobody Else but Me
With Bill PierceComplete William the Conqueror Sessions
With Mike RichmondDance for Andy
With Bob RockwellShades of Blue
With Charlie Rouse

The Upper Manhattan Jazz Society with Benny Bailey

With George RussellElectronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature So What
With Perico SambeatUptown Dance
With Larry SchneiderJust Cole Porter Blind Date Freedom Jazz Dance
With Jurgen SeefelderNaide
With Louis SmithBallads for Lulu Once in a While
With Rory StuartHurricane
With Billy TaylorWhere've You Been?
With Chris WaldenTicino
With Chris WhiteThe Chris White Project
With Martin WindGone with the Wind with Bill Mays

''Tender Waves''