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Jake Hanna (April 4, 1931 – February 12, 2010) was an American jazz drummer.
Hanna first performed in his home town of Boston. He 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 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. Hanna died on February 12, 2010 in Los Angeles, California of complications from blood disease.
Discography
- Live at Concord (Concord Jazz, 1975)
- The Hanna/Fontana Band Live at Concord (Concord Jazz, 1975)
- Kansas City Express (Concord Jazz, 1976)
- Jake Takes Manhattan (Concord Jazz, 1976)
- Joint Is Jumpin' (Arbors, 1998)
With Toshiko Akiyoshi
- …at Newport (Verve, 1957)
- The Many Sides of Toshiko (Verve, 1957)
- Finesse (Concord, 1978)
With Maynard Ferguson
- A Message from Newport (Roulette, 1958)
With Woody Herman
- Woody Herman–1963 (Philips, 1963)
- Encore (Philips, 1963)
With Warne Marsh
- All Music (Nessa, 1976)
With Ed Bickert
- Bye Bye Baby (Concord, 1984)
- With George Wein
- Newport Jazz Festival All Stars (Atlantic, 1959 [1960]) with Buck Clayton, Bud Freeman, Pee Wee Russell, Vic Dickenson, and Champ Jones