Curtis Boyd


Curtis Boyd is an American jazz drummer. He was educated at the Chicago Conservatory of Music and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. He began to perform in the 1950s and has worked with performers such as Cedar Walton, Julian Priester, Wynton Kelly, Frank Strozier, Kenny Dorham, Chick Corea, Gloria Lynne, Ronnell Bright, Carmen McRae, and Joe Williams. He became known in particular through his involvement in Billy Taylor's band in the 1980s. Today he appears regularly as a supporting musician of Freddy Cole.