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Spider Webb (jazz drummer)

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Spider Webb
Birth nameKenneth Ronald Rice
Born (1944-06-15) June 15, 1944 (age 80)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
GenresJazz
OccupationSession musician
InstrumentDrums
WebsiteArchived 2019-09-11 at the Wayback Machine




Spider Webb (born Kenneth Ronald Rice; June 15, 1944) is an American jazz drummer and session musician.

Biography

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Spider Webb, aka Kenneth Rice, began playing drums at an early age in his home town of Detroit. Before leaving the motor city, he recorded with United Artists and Holland-Dozier-Holland.[1] He moved to New York in 1967 where he quickly gained prominence as a studio drummer. Webb was hired on the spot by King Curtis and became the drummer for Harry Belafonte, from 1969 through 1972.[2] In 1972, he played in a band backing David Clayton-Thomas, with Smitty Smith, Chuck Rainey, and Danny Kortchmar.[3]

He has also recorded with Freddie Hubbard, Robert Palmer, The Temptations, Aretha Franklin, Grover Washington, Jr, Labelle, Herb Alpert and Hugh Masekela, among others.[4]

Webb was once married to Carol Kaye, with whom he founded the soul-jazz group Spiders Webb.[5]

Selected discography

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As sideman

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As leader

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  • 1976: I Don’t Know What’s On Your Mind - Spiders Webb (Fantasy - F 9517)

Bibliography

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  • Rice, Kenneth (2009). Spider Webb Untangled - The Life and Times of Legendary Drummer Kenneth Rice. Bank House Books. ISBN 978-1904408307.

References

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  1. ^ Rice, Kenneth (2009). Spider Webb Untangled - The Life and Times of Legendary Drummer Kenneth Rice. Bank House Books. ISBN 978-1904408307.
  2. ^ Rudland, Dean (1976). I Don't Know What's On Your Mind (Media notes). Spiders Webb. London: Ace Records. CDBGPM 247.
  3. ^ Smith, William D. (2008). A Stroke of Luck. Rick Wilson. p. 54. ISBN 978-0615235653.
  4. ^ Rice, Kenneth (2009). Spider Webb Untangled - The Life and Times of Legendary Drummer Kenneth Rice. Bank House Books. ISBN 978-1904408307.
  5. ^ "Top Album Picks". Billboard: 70. 30 October 1976. ISSN 0006-2510.
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