Norman Connors

American jazz drummer, composer, arranger, producer, and artist.

Born: 1 March 1947 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Connors was born and raised in Philadelphia, having an interest in jazz from an early age when he began playing drums. At elementary school he was exposed to jazz extensively, becoming heavily influenced by drummer John Coltrane performance he attended while in middle school, Connors went on to study music at Temple University and Juilliard.

His first recording was for Dance Of Magic" (1972). Connors began to focus more on R'n'B material in the mid-1970s after g with Buddah Records, later becoming the label's A&R manager.

He went on to lead jazz recordings with This Is Your Life" (1977), et al.