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
Discography: 2 albums

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. The discography here lists 2 albums, from “The Hanna/Fontana Band Live at Concord” (1975) to “Jake Hanna's Kansas City Express” (1976).

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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Discography

Studio and live albums

The Hanna/Fontana Band Live at Concord 1975 · Live

Jake Hanna's Kansas City Express 1976

Also plays on

Albums where Jake Hanna is credited as a sideman

1958	A Message From Newport — Maynard Ferguson	drums (drum set)
1963	Encore: Woody Herman – 1963 — Woody Herman	drums (drum set)
1964	Woody Herman: 1964 — Woody Herman	drums (drum set)
1974	Soft Shoe — Herb Ellis & Ray Brown	drums (drum set)
1975	Rhythm Willie — Herb Ellis	drums (drum set)
1975	After You've Gone — Herb Ellis	drums (drum set)
1975	Gems — Joe Venuti and George Barnes	drums (drum set)
1977	Poor Butterfly — Barney Kessel / Herb Ellis	drums (drum set)
1977	The 40th Anniversary Carnegie Hall Concert — Woody Herman	percussion
1978	Rosie Sings Bing — Rosemary Clooney	drums (drum set)
1978	Finesse — 秋吉敏子	drums (drum set)
1978	Soft & Mellow — Herb Ellis	drums (drum set)
1979	Herb Ellis at Montreux — Herb Ellis	drums (drum set)
1981	With Love — Rosemary Clooney	drums (drum set)
1981	Scott's Buddy — Scott Hamilton and Buddy Tate	drums (drum set)
1983	Woody Herman Presents, Volume 3: A Great American Evening — Woody Herman	drums (drum set)
1990	Barney Kessel & Friends — Barney Kessel	drums (drum set)
1991	For the Duration — Rosemary Clooney	drums (drum set)
1991	Roll Call — Herb Ellis	drums (drum set)
1992	Kansas City 7 — Count Basie	drums (drum set)
1992	Soaring — Barney Kessel	drums (drum set)
1992	Nonpareil — Al Cohn	drums (drum set)
1992	Firefly — Emily Remler	drums (drum set)
1996	Oscar Peterson in Russia — Oscar Peterson	drums (drum set)
1999	The Many Sides of Toshiko — 秋吉敏子	drums (drum set)
2002	Jazz/Concord — Herb Ellis, Joe Pass, Ray Brown & Jake Hanna	drums (drum set)
2002	Watch What Happens — Ruby Braff Quartet, Dick Hyman, Howard Alden, Jake Hanna	drums (drum set)
2003	Seven, Come Eleven — Herb Ellis / Joe Pass	drums (drum set)
—	Everything's Coming Up Rosie — Rosemary Clooney	drums (drum set)