Although I never really knew this drummer, he's still a drummer. Jake Hanna - April 4, 1931 - Febuary 12, 2010. He died of complications of a blood disease. RIP
Check out Jake with Woody Herman's 1964 Band on You Tube. Superb big band drummer. Along with many others I saw him in the UK with that band and he left a lasting impression. There's a story that Eddie Condon's wife was trying to stop him smoking, and showed him a list of musicians who had died of lung cancer. Eddie supposedly looked at the list and said "We're short of a drummer"! Well with Gene and Buddy gone and with Louie Bellson last year and now Jake his choices are getting wider.
