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American jazz percussionist, producer, and engineer.
(do not confuse with jazz drummer from NYC, Steve Reid.)
Born: 6 January 1944 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Died: 24 September 2025 in Los Angeles, California, 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 “”, then the follow-up “”.
Subsequent efforts included “” as Steve Reid’s Bamboo Forest, “”, and finally “”.