Eddie Gladden

Eddie Gladden ( born December 6, 1937 in Newark (New Jersey); † September 30, 2003 ) was an American jazz drummer.

Gladden started his professional career in the music scene Newarker; he was then known for his collaboration with organist Larry Young, on whose albums Heaven on Earth (1968) and Mother Ship ( 1969) he played. He also played with Freddie Roach, Woody Shaw and Johnny Coles. In 1972 he went with the likewise derived from Newark James Moody on tour; later he worked among others with Kenny Dorham, Jimmy McGriff, Shirley Scott, Richie Cole, "Big" John Patton and Horace Silver. In 1978, he appeared in New York's Carnegie Hall in Dexter Gordon / Johnny Griffin Quintet. In the 1980s he worked among others in productions of Clifford Jordan, Kirk Lightsey, Jimmy Raney ( The Master, 1983), Rufus Reid and most recently at John Stubblefield ( Confessin ', 1984), Chet Baker / Warne Marsh Quintet (1984 ) and David " Fathead " Newman ( Heads Up! , 1986) with. 1988 Gladden suffered a stroke, which interrupted his career for several years, until a diabetes disease she finished finally. He died in 2003 of a heart attack.