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An excellent drummer whose strong support has helped a variety of advanced bop sessions, Ben Riley is best known for his association with <a href="spotify:artist:4PDpGtF16XpqvXxsrFwQnN">Thelonious Monk's Quartet</a> even though he was only a member for three years. Prior to playing with <a href="spotify:artist:4PDpGtF16XpqvXxsrFwQnN">Monk</a>, Riley performed with many combos, including those led by <a href="spotify:artist:6Cx6WhEWHJWPeiFspDCwDR">Randy Weston</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:217b0uqAzsOOhGcnoANZqj">Sonny Stitt</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0FMucZsEnCxs5pqBjHjIc8">Stan Getz</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1KTUh4AYegM2fSdac5xqPb">Junior Mance</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1sdyFmN4bVOcuFDpTVsxBB">Kenny Burrell</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0gNn3uUyIEErdQthThI51i">Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis</a>-<a href="spotify:artist:52cM6vrM4MJ8g4H7Ibo5fZ">Johnny Griffin</a> (1960-1962), <a href="spotify:artist:6gc6oo3u2f7SqTd4mhe81O">Ahmad Jamal</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2jiQ4lRvpc4ZTtUFMB3dGF">Billy Taylor</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:617L0tV5Y7lMvUHGHR43AR">Ray Bryant</a>. His well-documented stint with <a href="spotify:artist:4PDpGtF16XpqvXxsrFwQnN">Monk</a> (1964-1967) was followed by associations with <a href="spotify:artist:0oKYiTD5CdNbrofRvM1dIr">Alice Coltrane</a> (on and off during 1968-1975), the New York Quartet (throughout the 1970s and '80s), <a href="spotify:artist:4wnzivx3OQ3vjrySAdTdJP">Ron Carter</a> (1975-1977), <a href="spotify:artist:1nJ6xAezipbTOdKAqOKIoP">Jim Hall</a> (1981), and the group <a href="spotify:artist:4r1THsN08AhXqBrJKnQFjT">Sphere</a>. In addition, Riley has toured extensively with <a href="spotify:artist:39mb0I6tdTcCXkeigvzxOJ">Abdullah Ibrahim</a>. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi
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