Ronnie Bedford


Ronnie Bedford was an American jazz drummer and professor. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, he played percussion for Louis Prima and later the Benny Goodman Quintet. Bedford was one of the founders of the Yellowstone Jazz Festival held annually in Cody, Wyoming, and was the recipient of the 1993 Wyoming Governor's Award for the Arts. In 1993 he released a self-published CD, Tour de West. He later produced three more albums for Progressive Records. Bedford lived in Powell, Wyoming and taught percussion at Northwest College.

Discography

As leader

  • Just Friends
  • Triplicity
  • Tour de West: Where the Beboppers Roam
  • ''QuaDRUMvirate''

As sideman

With Benny CarterMy Kind of Trouble Over the Rainbow
With Benny Carter
With Arnett CobbFunky Butt
With Chris ConnorSweet and Swinging
With Buddy DeFrancoLike Someone in Love
With Don FriedmanInvitation – recorded in 1978Jazz Dancing – recorded in 1977
With Hank Jones
With Rod Levitt
With Pee Wee Russell
With Derek Smith
With Chuck Wayne
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