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Reid Hoyson
Member Since: 2021 | Location: Pittsburgh | Page Views: 437About Me
Reid Hoyson is a Pittsburgh drummer and producer who has been playing jazz for 50 years in the Pittsburgh area. He has performed with Richie Cole, Hendrik Meurkens, Jimmy Ponder, Arnie Lawrence, Eric Kloss, Don DePaolis and Tony DePaolis, Joe and Bobby Negri, John Dankworth and Cleo Laine, Tony Monaco, Rufus Reid, Billy Test, Andy Hunter, Steve Rudolph, Keith Bishop, David Berkman, New York cabaret singer Joyce Breach, New York Jazz vocalist Alexis Cole, Broadway star Lenora Nemetz, The Silhouettes, Jimmy Beaumont and The Skyliners, The Coasters, The Drifters, The Marvelettes, and The Platters. He has played on and produced two CDs of his group The Soiree Band, “ Soiree” and “ No One Claps For The Low Notes”. He has played on and produced three CDs for Richie Cole, “ Pittsburgh”, “ Have Yourself An Alto Madness Christmas”, and “ The Keys Of Cool”, Richie Cole and Tony Monaco, “Strollin’, a recording with Hendrik Meurkens and Tony Monaco, and” Natural Gifts”, The Reid Hoyson Project, featuring Don Depaolis and Mark Lucas, “Your Move”, featuring Keith Bishop, “That Sunday That Summer” with Hendrik Meurkens, bass icon Rufus Reid and WDR Big Band, Cologne, Germany pianist Billy Test, “On A Misty Night”, The Reid Hoyson Project, as well as” In Your Dreams”, which went to Number 2 on the Jazz Week Charts, and “Home”, featuring Jazz guitar master Dan Wilson, our current release.
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This page was last updated on 2026-08-07.
