Frank Gant, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Frank Gant

American jazz drummer

Date of Birth: 26-May-1931

Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, United States

Profession: jazz musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Frank Gant

  • Frank Gant (born May 26, 1931) is a jazz drummer. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Gant recorded with Donald Byrd, Sonny Stitt, and extensively with Yusef Lateef in the late 1950s and then Red Garland before becoming a member of Ahmad Jamal's trio (1966-1976). His first gigs were with Billy Mitchell and Pepper Adams, and after working with Little John Wilson and his Merry Men at the Madison Ballroom, including four days backing Billie Holiday, he went on to join Alvin Jackson's house band at the Blue Bird.As the house drummer at Detroit's Club 12, with Jackson's band, he backed Thelonious Monk and Charlie Rouse in September 1959.In the 1970s, he accompanied Jamil Nasser and Harold Mabern as the rhythm section for workshops run by Cobi Narita.

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