Jake Hanna was an American jazz drummer, born in Dorchester MA where he first performed as a member of the St Bendan’s Drum and Bugle Corps. After serving in the Air Force and studying at Berklee, he was the house drummer at Storyville nightclub in Boston for several years in the 1950s and 1960s. He played with pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi, Maynard Ferguson (1958), Marian McPartland (1959–61), and Woody Herman's Orchestra. He appeared with the Mort Lindsey Orchestra on Judy Garland's multi Grammy Award-winning live album, Judy at Carnegie Hall. 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. He recorded several albums with Carl Fontana for Concord Jazz in the mid-1970s and also played in Supersax. He toured with Bing Crosby, Tony Bennett and Rosemary Clooney and recorded for more than 40 years.

Jake and Buddy Rich