Jimmy Lovelace

James Ross "Jimmy" Lovelace (* 6. February 1940 in Kansas City (Missouri) ; † 29. October 2004 in Manhattan , New York City ) was an American jazz - drummer .

Lovelace was active in the New York jazz scene from the early 1960s; first recordings were made in 1965 with Prince Lasha ( Inside Story ( Enja ), with Herbie Hancock , Cecil McBee ) and in the same year with Wes Montgomery , whose quartet (with Harold Mabern and Arthur Harper ) he belonged to. He also toured Western Europe with the Montgomery Quartet. From 1966 he played with George Benson , to be heard on his albums It's Uptown , Benson Burner and The George Benson Cookbook . He then played with Dr. Lonnie Smith , Roberta Peck , Tony Scott and at Junior Mance , where he replaced Aaron Bell in 1967 .

In the 1970s and 80s, Yoshiaki Masuo / Bob Mover and Amina Claudine Myers ( Salutes Bessie Smith , 1980) could be heard on recordings; in later years with George Braith , Joe Magnarelli , Frank Hewitt ( We Loved You , 2001), Claude Williams , Kanji Ohta ( Our Jazz Family , with Jimmy Heath ) and Nabuko Kiryu . In the field of jazz he was involved in 37 recording sessions from 1965 to 2002. From 1995 he appeared regularly at the Smalls jazz club , often with his band Across 7 Street , which included Chris Byars (saxophone), John Mosca (trombone), Ari Roland (bass) and Sacha Perry (piano). In 2004 the band presented an album ( The Eternal Pyramid ). Lovelace died of complications from cancer at the age of 64,

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Individual evidence

^ Obituary in The New York Times
↑ ^a ^b Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 21, 2017)

personal data
SURNAME	Lovelace, Jimmy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lovelace, James Ross (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH	February 6, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kansas City (Missouri)
DATE OF DEATH	October 29, 2004
Place of death	New York City

[1] Obituary in The New York Times

[lord-2] Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 21, 2017)