Roy Porter

American jazz drummer Born July 30, 1923, Walsenburg, Colorado Died January 25, 1998, Los Angeles, USA. Moved to Los Angeles in 1944. Performed with Charlie Parker in 1946 when he was based on the West Coast. Led a group consisting of 17 beboppers in the period 1948-50 featuring Art Farmer and Eric Dolphy, which recorded for Savoy Records. Intermittently musically active in the following years, though in the 1970s, led the Roy Porter Sound Machine.