Jake Hanna
Jake Hanna (April 4, 1931 – February 12, 2010) was an American jazz drummer.
Jake Hanna | |
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Hanna at the West Texas Jazz Party, Midland, Texas | |
| Background information | |
| Born | April 4, 1931 Roxbury, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | February 12, 2010 (aged 78) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Drums |
| Years active | 1950s–1990s |
| Labels | Concord Jazz |
| Spouse(s) | Denisa |
| External videos | |
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| Oral History, Jake Hanna reflects on the fun he had with the great musicians in the Harry James band. Interview date February 24, 2006, NAMM Oral History Library |
He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States. 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. He played with Toshiko Akiyoshi (1957), Maynard Ferguson (1958), Marian McPartland (1959–61), and Woody Herman's Orchestra (1962–64). 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). He recorded several albums with Carl Fontana for Concord Jazz in the mid-1970s and also played in Supersax. Later in his career he did much work as a sideman for Concord.
Hanna died on February 12, 2010, in Los Angeles, California, of complications from blood disease. He was aged 78.