Steve Reid

Steve Reid (1944-2010) was an American jazz drummer from the Bronx, New York. He played on Motown sessions as a young man, worked with Sun Ra and founded his own label, Mustevic Sound. In his last years he made a run of records with the electronic musician Kieran Hebden. Steve Reid recorded with Martha and the Vandellas as a teenager. In 1969 he refused the Vietnam draft and was sentenced to prison at Lewisburg as a conscientious objector. In 1974 he formed the Legendary Master Brotherhood and launched Mustevic, which issued Rhythmatism and Nova (both 1976).