Jake Hanna

American drummer (1931–2010)

Born: 4 April 1931
Roxbury
Died: 12 February 2010
Los Angeles
Country: United States
Record labels: Concord Records, Concord Jazz

Biography

Jake Hanna was a jazz musician who played drum kit. Jake Hanna was born on 4 April 1931 in Roxbury and died on 12 February 2010 in Los Angeles. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: Concord Records and Concord Jazz.

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

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