Karriem Riggins

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Karriem Riggins

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Birth_name = Karriem Riggins
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Origin = Detroit, Michigan
Instrument = Drum set
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Genre = Jazz, hip hop
Occupation = Musician
Years_active = 1990s–present
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Associated_acts = Slum Village, J Dilla, Madlib
URL = http://karriemriggins.com

Karriem Riggins (born August 25, 1975) is a jazz drummer, hip hop producer, and sometime rapper. He is a former member of the Ray Brown Trio and Mulgrew Miller trio and currently appears in the Diana Krall quartet.

Riggins was born in Detroit, Michigan. His father, Emmanuel Riggins, is also a musician, and Karriem would often play drums with him as a child.cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=15419 |title=Karriem Riggins |accessdate=2008-03-08 |date=2007-08-15 |work=All About Jazz ] Riggins began producing hip hop in middle school and continued through high school.cite web |url=http://schememag.com/hip-hop/karriem-riggins-true-virtuoso/ |title=Karriem Riggins: True Virtuoso |accessdate=2008-03-08 |last=Coachman |first=Dale |date=2007-09-12 |work=Scheme Magazine ] He studied music at Southfield High School as well, and joined Betty Carter's band Jazz Ahead soon after, at 17. [cite news |first=Jalylah |last=Burrell |title=What You Feel |url=http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Content?oid=468057&category=22153 |work=The Portland Mercury |publisher=Index Publishing |date=2007-11-21 |accessdate=2008-03-07 ] When he was 19 (in 1994), Riggins moved to New York City, and joined the Ray Brown Trio in 1998. Riggins has also recorded and performed with Herbie Hancock, Donald Byrd, Hank Jones, Mulgrew Miller, Milt Jackson, Oscar Peterson, Cedar Walton, Roy Hargrove, and Bobby Hutcherson.

Away from jazz, Riggins has done production work for hip hop artists including Slum Village, Erykah Badu, Kanye West, Common, J Dilla, The Roots, Talib Kweli, Phat Kat, Consequence, and Dwele. He has collaborated with the hip hop multi-instrumentalist Madlib, performing on his 2007 album "Yesterdays Universe" and in collaborations entitled Supreme Team and The Jahari Massamba Unit. He also produced a portion of the soundtrack for the 2007 film "Smokin' Aces".

He currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

References

External links

* [http://karriemriggins.com/ Official site]
* Persondata
NAME=Riggins, Karriem
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Jazz drummer, hip hop producer
DATE OF BIRTH=August 25 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH=Detroit, Michigan
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