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Jake Hanna (April 4, 1931[2] – February 12, 2010)[1] was an American jazz drummer.

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]

Discography

As leader

  • Live at Concord (Concord Jazz, 1975)
  • Jake Hanna's Kansas City Express (Concord Jazz, 1976)
  • Jake Takes Manhattan (Concord Jazz, 1977)
  • The Joint Is Jumpin' (Arbors, 1998)

As sideman

With Toshiko Akiyoshi

With Ruby Braff

  • It Had to Be Us (Chiaroscuro, 1998)
  • Watch What Happens (Arbors, 2002)
  • You Brought a New Kind of Love (Arbors, 2004)

With Rosemary Clooney

With Herb Ellis

  • Herb Ellis & Ray Brown's Soft Shoe (Concord Jazz, 1974)
  • Seven, Come Eleven (Concord Jazz, 1974)
  • After You've Gone (Concord Jazz, 1975)
  • Rhythm Willie (Concord Jazz, 1975)
  • Hot Tracks (Concord Jazz, 1976)
  • Soft & Mellow (Concord Jazz, 1979)
  • At Montreux Summer 1979 (Concord Jazz, 1980)
  • When You're Smiling (Atlas, 1984)
  • Roll Call (Justice, 1991)

With Scott Hamilton

  • Scott Hamilton Is a Good Wind Who Is Blowing Us No Ill (Concord Jazz, 1977)
  • Scott Hamilton 2 (Concord Jazz, 1978)
  • No Bass Hit (Concord Jazz, 1979)
  • Apples and Oranges (Concord Jazz, 1981)
  • Scott's Buddy (Concord Jazz, 1981)
  • Tour de Force (Concord Jazz, 1982)
  • Major League (Concord Jazz, 1986)
  • Groovin' High (Concord Jazz, 1992)

With Woody Herman

  • Woody Herman–1963 (Philips, 1963)
  • 1963: The Swingin'est Big Band Ever (Philips, 1963)
  • Encore (Philips, 1963)
  • The Swinging Herman Herd-Recorded Live (Philips, 1964)
  • Woody Herman: 1964 (Philips, 1964)
  • Woody's Big Band Goodies (Philips, 1965)
  • 40th Anniversary Carnegie Hall Concert (RCA Victor, 1977)
  • At the Woodchopper's Ball (Koala, 1979)
  • Presents a Concord Jam Volume 1 (Concord Jazz, 1981)
  • A Great American Evening Vol. 3 (Concord Jazz, 1983)

With Harry James

  • The Solid Gold Trumpet of Harry James (MGM, 1962)
  • Requests On-the-Road (MGM, 1962)
  • Harry James Twenty-fifth Anniversary Album (MGM, 1964)

With Barney Kessel

  • Barney Plays Kessel (Concord Jazz, 1975)
  • Soaring (Concord Jazz, 1977)
  • Poor Butterfly (Concord Jazz, 1977)

With Eiji Kitamura

  • Dear Friends (Concord Jazz, 1980)
  • Seven Stars (Concord Jazz, 1982)
  • No Count (Concord Jazz, 1983)

With Marian McPartland

  • Plays Music of Leonard Bernstein (Time, 1960)
  • West Side Story (Time, 1964)
  • From This Moment On (Concord Jazz, 1979)
  • Portrait of Marian McPartland (Concord Jazz, 1979)
  • At the Festival (Concord Jazz, 1980)
  • Personal Choice (Concord Jazz, 1983)

With Supersax

  • Supersax Plays Bird (Capitol, 1973)
  • Salt Peanuts (Capitol, 1974)
  • Supersax Plays Bird with Strings (Capitol, 1975)
  • Chasin' the Bird (MPS, 1977)
  • Stone Bird (Columbia, 1988)

With Ross Tompkins

  • Lost in the Stars (Concord Jazz, 1977)
  • Live at Concord '77 (Concord Jazz, 1978)
  • Festival Time (Concord Jazz, 1980)
  • Street of Dreams (Famous Door, 1983)
  • Symphony (Famous Door, 1984)
  • In the Swing of Things (Famous Door, 1987)

With others

References

  1. ^ a b c "Jake Hanna obituary". The Guardian. 2 May 2010. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 188/9. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
  3. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Jake Hanna | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
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