Jazz Articles about Karriem Riggins

Karriem Riggins: Alone Together

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
January 1, 2013

Drummer Karriem Riggins has performed with or arranged for vocalist Betty Carter, pianist Oscar Peterson and bassist Ray Brown; he sat in the drummer's chair on pianist Mulgrew Miller's excellent Live at Yoshi's, Volume One (MAXJAZZ, 2004) and Two (MAXJAZZ, 2005). Hell, he even plays on ex-Beatle bassist-vocalist Paul McCartney's Kisses on the Bottom (Hear Music, 2012). These are pretty high-level mainstream credentials.But Riggins is a Jekyll-and-Hyde; he's an equally productive hip hop producer, having overseen releases by ...