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Rufus "Speedy" Jones (May 27, 1936 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz drummer from Charleston, South Carolina. Starting out on trumpet, Jones switched to drums at the age of 13. He worked with Lionel Hampton in 1954 before being drafted.
Drummer Rufus "Speedy" Jones led a quintet in the period 1963–64; this led to the recording of Five on Eight. [1] The album was produced by Elliot Mezer. [2]
Rufus "Speedy" Jones (1936–1990), American jazz drummer This page was last edited on 24 December 2024, at 23:49 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Rufus "Speedy" Jones (May 27, 1936 –April 25, 1990), American drummer, would have turned 88 this year. Ramsey Lewis (May 27, 1935–September 12, 2022), American pianist, would have turned 89 this year. Diz Disley (May 27, 1931 –March 22, 2010), (born William C. Disley) Canadian jazz guitarist, would have turned 93 this year.
This is a list of American jazz drummers.Jazz drummers play percussion (predominantly the drum set) in jazz, jazz fusion, and other jazz subgenres such as latin jazz.The techniques and instrumentation of this type of performance have evolved over the 1900s, influenced by jazz at large and the individual drummers within it.
The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died in the 1990s.
Jones was married three times, to Jeri Caldwell from 1957 to 1966, to Ulla Anderson, a Swedish actress, from 1967 to 1974, and, from 1974 to 1990, to The Mod Squad actress Peggy Lipton, with whom ...
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