Donald ' Duck ' Bailey RIP

[Mike Schwartz]

RIP lived in SF Bay Area for quite some time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzLq5VlmxzM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_6TM2VifwE

From the great bassist Victor Bailey's FB page:

"Last night my dad's brother, the legendary drummer uncle Donald "Duck" Bailey passed away in California. If you don't know there's a ton of Blue Note records and more with him on drums - all the original Jimmy Smith Trio records, Hampton Hawes, Carmen McRae,Dizzy Gillespie,Harold Land, Jimmy Rowles, Harold Land, Bobby Hutcherson, Buster Williams, Joe Sample, Grant Green, Red Mitchell, Sarah Vaughn, Carmen McRae ,Odean Pope
Mark Murphy, George Benson, Blue Mitchell, Pete Christlieb, Red Norvo, Charles Tolliver. That's where I come from......"

[ValerieB]

thank you very much for posting this, Mike!

[BeBop]

I knew Donald Bailey from many concerts where he played (100+, for sure), and from a few jam sessions we were at together, as well as a guy from my neighborhood. If you don't know him or much about him, look here: http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/an-old-blueprint-made-new/Content?oid=1371982

[Tom Storer]

For several years in the 60's and 70's, Donald Bailey lived down the street from me in Greenburgh, New York. The street was called Alan Place. I was a kid; even after I was in high school and was listening to jazz, I had no idea that "Mr. Bailey," as he was known to me, was anything other than just some man who lived on the block, and who wasn't around much, for that matter; too busy, no doubt. If I had known who he was, I would perhaps have been bold enough to approach him and ask him about his experiences. Ah, well. RIP.