Jake Hanna

Jake Hanna
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
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Drums
Years active 1950s–1990s
Labels Concord Jazz
Associated acts Merv Griffin Show, Supersax
External video
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 (National Association of Music Merchants) Oral History Library

Jake Hanna (April 4, 1931 – February 12, 2010) was an American jazz drummer.

Hanna first performed in his home town of Boston. He was the house drummer at Storyville 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.[1] Hanna died on February 12, 2010 in Los Angeles, California of complications from blood disease.

Discography

  • Live at Concord (Concord Jazz, 1975)
  • The Hanna/Fontana Band Live at Concord (Concord Jazz, 1975)
  • Kansas City Express (Concord Jazz, 1976)
  • Jake Takes Manhattan (Concord Jazz, 1976)
  • Joint Is Jumpin' (Arbors, 1998)[2]

With Toshiko Akiyoshi

With Maynard Ferguson

With Woody Herman

With Warne Marsh

With Ed Bickert

With George Wein

References

  1. ↑ Yanow, Scott. "Jake Hanna | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Jake Hanna | Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
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