Freddie Douglas Waits (born April 27, 1940 in Jackson, Mississippi; died November 18, 1989 in New York City) was a hard bop and post-bop drummer.
Waits never officially recorded as leader, however he was a prominent member and composer in Max Roach's M'Boom percussion ensemble.
He worked as sideman with a number of influential pianists, including McCoy Tyner, Kenny Barron, Andrew Hill, Gene Harris, Billy Taylor and Joe Zawinul.
His son is the drummer Nasheet Waits.
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“In every philosophical school, three thinkers succeed one another in the following way: the first produces out of himself the sap and seed, the second draws it out into threads and spins a synthetic web, and the third waits in this web for the sacrificial victims that are caught in it—and tries to live off philosophy.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)