Roy Harte

Roy Harte
Birth name	Roy S. Hartstein
Born	(1924-05-27)May 27, 1924 New York City United States
Died	October 26, 2003(2003-10-26) (aged 79) Burbank, California United States
Genres	Swing music, big band, cool jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, bandleader, music executive
Instrument(s)	Drums, percussion
Years active	1943–2003
Labels	Decca Nocturne V-Disc Pacific Jazz

Roy S. Harte (May 27, 1924 – October 26, 2003) was an American jazz drummer and co-founder of Nocturne Records and Pacific Jazz Records. In partnership with Remo Belli, the founder and namesake of internationally famous drumhead manufacturer Remo, he founded "Drum City," a well-known retail drum shop on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California.^[1][2] Harte appeared in Leedy drums endorsement ads in the late 1950s to early 1960s.

Selected discography

As leader

• Perfect Percussion: The 44 Instruments of Roy Harte & Milt Holland (World-Pacific Records, 1961)

As sideman

• Bobby Sherwood
• Billie Rogers
• George Paxton
• Ike Carpenter
• Vido Musso
• Ziggy Elman
• Dave Pell
• Les Brown
• Nappy Lamare
• Shorty Rogers
• Herb Geller
• Laurindo Almeida - Laurindo Almeida Quartet Featuring Bud Shank (Pacific Jazz, 1953-1954)
• Steve White
• Herbie Harper
• Bud Shank - Bud Shank - Shorty Rogers - Bill Perkins (Pacific Jazz, 1955)
• Bob Enevoldsen
• Harry Babasin
• Peggy Connelly
• The Nash Brothers (Dick & Ted)
• Murray McEachern
• The Mastersounds
• Earl Grant
• Percussion Unabridged
• Frank Capp
• Del Bennett
• Jackie Kelso
• Jimmy Wyble
• John Banister
• Arnold Ross

With others

• Peggy Lee, Jump for Joy (Capitol, 1959)
• Randy Newman, 12 Songs (Reprise, 1970)

References

External links

• Roy Harte at AllMusic
• Roy Harte discography on Discogs.
• Roy Harte obituary.