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John Riley

John Bernard Riley was born on 6 June 1954 in Aberdeen, Maryland and began playing drums at age eight. He studied privately with Thomas Sicola, Jr. before enrolling at the University of North Texas College of Music, where he performed with the One O'Clock Lab Band and appeared on the Grammy‑nominated Lab 76. Over the following decades, he collaborated with artists such as Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. He has also appeared on albums like Spectrum (1987) with Bob Mintzer, Reconstituted (2000) with Bobby Paunetto, and Carved in Stone (1995) with the...