Terry Silverlight presents his original compositions and drumming, re-uniting with pianist/jazz fusion pioneer Barry Miles, bassist Will Lee, and David Mann, Aaron Heick, Glenn Alexander, Tabitha Fair, Lew Soloff, Bob Malach, Larry Farrell, Allan Molnar.

15 MP3 Songs in this album (73:31) !
Related styles: JAZZ: Jazz Fusion, JAZZ: Jazz-Funk



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Showcasing his drumming and original compositions, on 'DIAMOND IN THE RIFF", TERRY SILVERLIGHT re-unites with pianist/composer/jazz fusion pioneer BARRY MILES along with bassist extraordinaire WILL LEE, DAVID MANN, AARON HEICK, GLENN ALEXANDER, TABITHA FAIR, LEW SOLOFF, BOB MALACH, LARRY FARRELL and ALLAN MOLNAR.

Aside from "Diamond In The Riff", Terry has released two other solo artist CDs, "Terry Silverlight" and "Wild!!" which he composed and arranged all the music for. These CDs feature performances by Will Lee, Paul Shaffer, Edgar Winter, Hiram Bullock, Lew Soloff, Barry Miles, Chuck Loeb, Charles Blenzig, Mike Ricchiuti, John Clark, Danny Wilensky, Bob Kensmotsu and Jeff Ciampa among others.

The "Terry Silverlight Band" has performed at several notable New York venues including Birdland, The Cutting Room, The Metropolitan Cafe, and Bronxnet TV studio.

Terry has authored two drum instruction books: "The Featured Drummer" which is accompanied by an audio CD of Terry playing the exercises backed by Barry Miles and John Patitucci, and "The Stick Bag Book of Jazz, Funk Fusion". Both are published by Music Sales and available at Borders, Barnes & Noble and anywhere music instruction books are sold.


Terry Silverlight has been involved with many facets of the music business and has contributed his musical talents as a leader, composer, producer, arranger, drummer, author and educator to projects in almost every style of music. He began his recording career at the age of 14 when he played drums on his brother Barry Milesâs album "White Heat", an innovative harbinger of the fusion movement. Since then, heâs performed all over the world and has played drums on gold and platinum recordings for Billy Ocean, George Benson, Natalie Merchant, Freddie Jackson, Stephanie Mills, Tom Jones, Laura Nyro, Anne Murray, Mel Torme, Jennifer Holladay, Phil Woods, The Fania All -Stars, The CTI All-Stars, Jonathan Butler, movie scores for One Fine Day, You've Got Mail, Object Of My Affection, Titus, Frida, Slaves Of New York, What Planet Are You From, and countless jingles and TV shows. Terry has toured extensively with artists such as Roberta Flack and the award-winning, all-star, Manhattan Jazz Orchestra lead by arranger David Matthews.

Terry has written, produced and arranged hundreds of pieces for network TV shows including One Life To Live, The Sopranos, All My Children, Ed, Beverly Hills 90210, Young And The Restless, Melrose Place, NCIS, Las Vegas, Smallville, South Beach, jingles for Reebok, Nicorette, Pantene, Crisco Canola, songs in the films Marci X with Lisa Kudrow, Mad About Mambo with Keri Russell, Head Over Heels with Monica Potter and Freddie Prinze Jr., and songs recorded by Nancy Wilson, Carl Anderson, Les McCann, Judy Torres, Louise (top ten single in the UK), Philip Ingram, Creed Taylor's "Thus Spoke Z", Masaki Ueda, Yasuko Agawa, Maia Amada, Carri Coltrane, Amy Ward, Scott Allan, Cynthia Biggs, New York Nightmix, Agona Hardison, and Teressa Jonette.

Terry's bio is included in The Hollywood Reporter's "Who's Who In Composing", "Who's Who In Entertainment", "Who's Who In Music/Pop", and "Outstanding People of the 20th Century".

Terry endorses Gretsch Drums, Paiste Cymbals, Pro-Mark Drumsticks, Evans Drumheads, and LP (Latin Percussion). Articles have been written about him in Tascam, Billboard, Electronic Musician, ASCAP's Playback, Princeton Alumni Weekly, Princeton's With One Accord, Modern Drummer, Drum!, JazzIs, JazzTimes, Downbeat, Goldmine, Swing Journal (Japan), JazzReview.com, O's Place, I Spy Soul, Drum Tracks, and Percussioner magazines.