Rick Latham
Istanbul Mehmet Turk Series
The Istanbul Mehmet Turk Series are Versatile Cymbals suited for Rock, Jazz and everything in between! These unlathed Cymbals have been designed to fulfil the needs of drummers searching for a dry and compact sound combined with those excellent low overtones that only hand hammered Cymbals are able to produce.
Rick Latham is known for performing, recording, producing and teaching and is respected by many musicians around the world. Rick has a creative flare and signature drumming style that is recognised world wide. After over 30 years of professional drumming, Rick became one of music’s greatest session drummers, recording several tv theme scores as well as a number of other hits. Rick has been associated with some famous musicians such as bluesman B.B. King, Quincy Jones, rockers Neal Schon, and Pat Travers as well as jazz all-stars Bill Watrous, Larry Carlton, Paul Smith, Howard Roberts, David Friedman and David Samuels. Now Rick has his own jazz group, Rick Latham and the groove doctors, his demanding schedule continues performing, recording, composing, producing, and conducting master-classes.