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Jake Hanna
American drummer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jake Hanna (April 4, 1931[2] – February 12, 2010)[1] was an American jazz drummer.
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![]() Hanna at the West Texas Jazz Party, Midland, Texas | |
Background information | |
Born | (1931-04-04)April 4, 1931 Roxbury, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | February 12, 2010(2010-02-12) (aged 78) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument | Drums |
Years active | 1950s–1990s |
Labels | Concord Jazz |
Spouse(s) | Denisa [1] |
He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States.[2] Hanna first performed in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the house drummer at Storyville nightclub in Boston, Massachusetts for a number of years in the 1950s and 1960s.[2] He played with Toshiko Akiyoshi (1957), Maynard Ferguson (1958), Marian McPartland (1959–61), and Woody Herman's Orchestra (1962–64).[2] He appears with the Mort Lindsey Orchestra on Judy Garland's multi Grammy Award-winning live album, Judy at Carnegie Hall (1961). He did extensive work as a studio musician both in and out of jazz, including a period as the drummer for the big band of the Merv Griffin Show (1964–75).[2] He recorded several albums with Carl Fontana for Concord Jazz in the mid-1970s and also played in Supersax.[2] Later in his career he did much work as a sideman for Concord.[3]
Hanna died on February 12, 2010, in Los Angeles, California, of complications from blood disease. He was aged 78.[1]