With a long career playing among jazz and R&B greats, he remains one of the most in-demand drummers in New Orleans.

New Orleans master drummer Herlin Riley chose Bourbon Street over Schwegmann. It paid off. He's spent nearly 50 years traveling the world and recording with Wynton Marsalis, the Jazz at Lincoln ...

In February 2010 the CD “John Hyde Quartet” was released with the generous support of the AFA. Stellar performances by Ralph Bowen on tenor, Brad Turner on trumpet and piano with John Riley on Drums.

Herlin Riley is presiding. The 66-year-old drummer sits at his drums like a prince before his court. The tavern is packed because when Riley plays, there's always a crowd.

It's a Wednesday night in the venerable Bayou Bar of the Pontchartrain Hotel in New Orleans – one of the best (and least publicized) jazz gigs in the city known as the cradle of jazz. Herlin Riley is ...

Herlin Riley is presiding. The 66-year-old drummer sits at his drums like a prince before his court. The tavern is packed because when Riley plays, there's always a crowd.