Larry Ritchie
Larry Ritchie (born March 5, 1932)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> was an American jazz drummer and record/CD producer. He was born in Brooklyn, New York as Lawrence Ritchie to Walter Ritchie, an electrician, and Pearl Ritchie, a domestic worker, both of whom were migrants from rural Virginia.
Ritchie has recorded with John Coltrane,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Ray Draper, and Jackie McLean. Examples of his jazz work are provided by McLean's Strange Blues (1957) and Freddie Redd's Music from The Connection (1960).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Ritchie was also a talented painter and by the mid-1960s, he devoted more of his time to painting than to music.
Discography
With John Coltrane
- Like Sonny (Capitol, 1958–60)<ref name="Penguin9">Template:Cite book</ref>
With Ray Draper
- The Ray Draper Quintet featuring John Coltrane (Prestige, 1957)
- A Tuba Jazz (Jubilee, 1958)
With Jackie McLean
- Fat Jazz (Jubilee, 1957)
- Strange Blues (Prestige, 1957)
With Freddie Redd
- The Connection (Blue Note, 1960)