Ronnie Waters Quartet
About Jazz Music in Central Pennsylvania
Listen to the Ronnie Waters Quartet
The Ronnie Waters Quartet is Ronnie Waters on trumpet and
flugelhorn, Jimmy Wood on Piano, Hassan J.J. Wiggins Shakur
on bass, and Clyde Lucas on drums.
About Ronnie Waters-Trumpet
Trumpeter, composer, and arranger Ronnie Waters studied music
at Lincoln University and the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
He served as Dance Band Director of the 427th Army Band in Europe.
He has performed with countless jazz greats over the past 30
years, namely, John Brown, Ditty Potter, Lex Humphries, Al Grey,
Frank Foster, Art Davis, Cedar Walton, Slide Hampton, Donald
Byrd, and Cedric Lawson. He has also performed with all the
major jazz artists in Central Pennsylvania. With Shirley Scott's
band Ron played on Bill Cosby's "You Bet Your Life"
TV show filmed in Philly.
Since 1983, Ronnie Waters organizes and conducts the Central
Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz Youth All Star Band.
About Jim Wood-Piano
Born in Philadelphia and reared in Harrisburg, where he still
resides, Wood began listening to jazz piano as a small child.
His mother Marge Alexander led one of the foremost regional
jazz bands a few decades ago called Marg and the Majors.
Wood has been performing as a leader and sideman with central
PA-based players for the past two decades. He has performed
with numerous nationally renowned players including Odeon
Pope, Cecil Bridgewater, Donald Byrd, Nathan Davis, Nat Adderly,
and Valery Ponomarev.
About Clyde Lucas-Drums
Clyde Lucas has performed with such noted musicians as Count
Basie, Buddy Tate, Bud Johnson, Frank Foster, Thad Jones,
Al Grey, Richard Davis, Johnny Hartman, Nina Simone, Monty
Alexander, and Clark Terry. Clyde has recorded on RCA, SIRE,
Decca, Mainstream, Metromedia, and his own label, Three C's.
He toured Japan with Junior Mance, and many other foreign
countries with Jonah Jones. Lucas plays currently with the
Illinois Jacquet Big Band.
The Addine Publishing Company has published Clyde's drum
book, The Amazing Batom, which illustrates and gives instructions
on his new, revolutionary drumming concept.
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