Idris Muhammad was an American jazz drummer who as a teenager played on Fats Domino's "Blueberry HIll". He toured with Sam Cooke, Jerry Butler, and Curtis Mayfield in his early days playing R&B. He later went on to play jazz.

He made over 12 albums as leader and played and recorded with With Nat Adderley, Eric Alexander, Gene Ammons (five albums), George Benson, Walter Bishop, Jr., Bobby Broom, Rusty Bryant, George Coleman, Hank Crawford, Paul Desmond, Lou Donaldson (13 albums), Charles Earland, Grant Green, Johnny Griffin, Roy Hargrove, Benjamin Herman, John Hicks (five albums), Andrew Hill, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Freddie Hubbard, Bobbi Humphrey, Willis Jackson, Ahmad Jamal (eight albums), Bob James, J. J. Johnson and Kai Winding, Etta Jones, Rodney Jones, Keystone Trio, Charles Kynard, Joe Lovano, Johnny Lytle, Harold Mabern, Jimmy McGriff, Tete Montoliu, Tisziji Munoz, David "Fathead" Newman, Don Patterson, Houston Person, Ernest Ranglin, Roots, Pharoah Sanders (six albums), John Scofield, Shirley Scott, Lonnie Smith, Melvin Sparks, Leon Spencer, Bob Stewart, Sonny Stitt, Gábor Szabó, Stanley Turrentine, Randy Weston, Reuben Wilson, Robero t Magris, and others (more than 130 albums)


This is Idris playing "Let the Music Take Your Mind" (jazz/funk) with Grant Green (guitar) live at Newark's Cliché Lounge from the album "Alive!".