Jake Hanna

Jake Hanna (b. April 4, 1931, Boston) is an American jazz drummer.

Hanna first played locally in his home town of Boston, and 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 did extensive work as a studio musician both in and out of jazz, including time as the drummer for the "Merv Griffin Show" big band (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.

Discography

*"Live at the Concord" (Concord Jazz, 1975)
*"Kansas City Express" (Concord, 1976)
*"Jake Takes Manhattan" (Concord, 1976)
*"Joint Is Jumpin"' (Arbors Records, 1998)

References

*Scott Yanow, [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:wiftxqt5ldse~T1 Jake Hanna] at Allmusic