Steve Reid

American jazz percussionist, producer, and engineer.
(do not confuse with jazz drummer from NYC, Steve Reid (2).)

Born: 6 January 1944 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.

Reid begun releasing material in 1987, scoring his greatest success yet as a co-founder of the enormously popular contemporary jazz group The Rippingtons, also crossing over to pop audiences as a member of Supertramp.

Named as Jazziz magazine's Percussionist Of The Year in both 1993 and 1995, in between issuing his solo debut, the worldbeat-influenced "911169" (1994), then the follow-up "1176768" (1996).

Subsequent efforts included "4455464" (1997) as Steve Reid's Bamboo Forest, "15647896" (1999), and finally "1261001" (2001).