Ray Drummond


Ray Drummond was an American jazz bassist and teacher. He also had an MBA from Stanford University, hence his linkage to the Stanford Jazz Workshop. He can be heard on hundreds of albums and co-leads The Drummonds with Renee Rosnes and Billy Drummond.
Drummond was a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey, since 1980 with his wife, Susan, and his daughter, Maya.
He was the elder brother of David Drummond, who served as senior vice president, corporate development and chief legal officer of Google Inc., until his retirement in 2020.
Drummond died on November 1, 2025, at the age of 78.

Discography

As leader

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As sideman

With Toshiko AkiyoshiRemembering Bud: Cleopatra's Dream
With Chris AndersonBlues One
With Bill Barron
With Kenny Barron
With Thomas Chapin
With Arnett CobbFunky Butt
With George ColemanAt Yoshi's
With Ted CursonThe Trio
With Billy Drummond
With Teddy Edwards
With Art FarmerMirage Warm Valley
With the Art Farmer/Benny Golson JazztetMoment to Moment Back to the City Jazztet album)|Real Time]
With Ricky Ford
With Curtis Fuller
With Benny Golson
With Johnny Griffin
With Slide HamptonWorld of Trombones
With Craig Handy
With Tom HarrellStories
With John HicksIs That So? Beyond Expectations Lover Man: A Tribute to Billie Holiday
With Buck Hill
With Freddie HubbardThe Eternal Triangle with Woody ShawFeel the Wind with Art Blakey
With Bobby HutchersonBobby Hutcherson Live at Montreux Cirrus Good Bait
With the JazztetMoment to Moment
With Randy Johnston
With Etta Jones
With Lee Konitz
With Peter Leitch
With Abbey Lincoln
With Wynton Marsalis
With Ronnie Mathews
With Charles McPherson
With Grachan Moncur IIIExploration
With Frank Morgan
With Idris MuhammadKabsha
With David MurrayI [Want to Talk About You] Ming's Samba Fast Life Ballads for Bass Clarinet Saxmen Jazzosaurus Rex Creole Like a Kiss that Never Ends Sacred Ground
With Houston Person
With Ben RileyGrown Folks Music
With Pharoah SandersJourney to the One Shukuru
With Woody ShawImagination
With Horace SilverMusic to Ease Your Disease
With James SpauldingSongs of Courage
With Horace TapscottThoughts of Dar es Salaam
With Bob Thiele CollectiveLion Hearted
With Jack Walrath
With Michael WeissPresenting Michael Weiss
With Michael WhiteSpirit Dance Pneuma
With John Zorn