Bruce Ditmas

Ditmas was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey on December 12, 1946, but grew up in Miami; his father was a trombonist in Miami big bands. Ditmas studied the piano from the age of nine and switched to the drums two years later. He studied with Tony Crisetello and then attended Stan Kenton clinics at Indiana University and Michigan State University in the early 1960s. and continued until 1964. ==Later life and career==

Ditmas accompanied singers including Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, Della Reese, Leslie Uggams, and Sheila Jordan between 1964 and 1970. In 1990, Ditmas orchestrated the music to an opera by Patricia Burgess, The Dream of Four Directions. He has also composed prolifically for television and advertising; among his credits is the film Deathscape. ==Discography==

As leader/co-leader • Aeray Dust (Chiaroscuro Records, 1977) • What If (Posctards, 1995) • Synergy (In+Out, 1996) • Out and Out Jazz (2001) • Over the Edge (2011) • Yellow Dust (2015) As sideman With Jaco Pastorius • Jaco (Improvising Artists, 1974) With Paul Bley • Modern Chant (Venus, 1994) • Emerald Blue (1994) With Gil Evans • Where Flamingos Fly (Artists House, 1971) • Svengali (1973) • The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix (RCA, 1974) • There Comes a Time (RCA, 1975) With Enrico Rava • Andanada (1983) • Secrets (1986) • Volver (ECM, 1986) With others • 1971 Katumbo (Dance), Johnny Coles (Mainstream) • 1972 Steve Kuhn Live in New York, Steve Kuhn (Cobblestone) • 1978 Futures Passed, David Friedman • 1996 Live at Chene Park, Jean-Luc Ponty • 1996 Music for the Millennium, Ralph Simon • 1996 Songs from the Musical "Poker", Frank Lacy • 1997 I Will, John Clark • 2015 Homage to Paul Bley, Arrigo Cappelletti/Furio Di Castri Main source: ==References==