Roy Harte


Roy S. Harte was an American jazz drummer and co-founder of Nocturne Records and Pacific Jazz Records. In partnership with Remo Belli, the founder and namesake of internationally famous drumhead manufacturer Remo, he founded "Drum City," a well-known retail drum shop on Santa [Monica Boulevard] in West Hollywood, California. Harte appeared in Leedy drums endorsement ads in the late 1950s to early 1960s.

Selected discography

As leader

  • ''Perfect Percussion: The 44 Instruments of Roy Harte & Milt Holland''

As sideman

With others