Paul Humphrey 'Cool Aid' 60's/70's Legendary Jazz/Funk Drummer

Recorded under the name Paul Humphrey And His Cool Aid Chemists! Nice little funky instrumental on the AMPEX/LIZARD label. Mr Humphrey was a top R&B/Jazz/Funk drummer who played with Wes Montgomery, Les McCann, Kai Winding, Charles Mingus, Lee Konitz, and Gene Ammons,Jimmy Smith & Frank Zappa amongst others and was also the drummer on Marvin Gaye's 'Let's Get It On' lp !! http://stores.ebay.co.uk/The-Beat-n-Soul

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• FUNK
• DJ
• SOUL
• MOD
• BREAKS
• BEAT
• BREAKBEAT
• 70S
• marvin
• gaye
• drums

[Medic83301]

Paul became the back up session drummer to Uriel Jones after Benny Benjamin's death in 1969 .

[bluenazz]

@Sandra57206 That's a funny one about Paul Humphrey. I think that a lot more Motown stuff was recorded in L.A. than what people realize!

[Sandra57206]

@bluenazz He was also a studio drummer for Motown. If I recall, he played the drums for many of the songs by the Four Tops. I know for certain was the featured drummer on the Four Tops hit album, Keeper of The Castle. I actually met Paul several times as his wife Joan was a very good friend of my neighbor that lived directly across the street from me in L.A. near Baldwin Hills, and he used to pull up in a white Pantera and jump out in a fly snake skin jump suit wearing shades! He was so cool!

[bluenazz]

That's a great track! Paul Humphrey was also a big time L.A. studio drummer. I think that he played on both Joe Cocker's "Feelin' Alright" and Barbra Streisand's "The Way We Were".