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Ron Jefferson

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Les McCann Trio, Ron Jefferson on the right (1962)

Ron Jefferson (February 13, 1926, in New York City[1] – May 7, 2007, in Richmond, Virginia[2]) was a jazz drummer.

Considered a disciple of Max Roach, in the 1950s, he worked with Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Oscar Pettiford, and Lester Young, among others.[1]

A founding member of Les McCann's trio, with whom he played from 1960 to 1964, he also recorded with "Groove" Holmes,[2] as well as with Joe Pass for Pacific Jazz Records in 1963/1964.

After leaving the West Coast, he went to live in Paris, and from there to Barcelona, backing Ruth Brown as part of a trio with pianist Stuart de Silva.[3]

He led his own line-ups comprising Bobby Hutcherson, among others.

He was an uncle of drummer Al Foster.[1]

Discography

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As leader/co-leader
As sideman

With Teddy Edwards

With Richard "Groove" Holmes

With Les McCann

With Oscar Pettiford

With Joe Pass

  • The Complete Pacific Jazz Joe Pass Quartet Sessions (Mosaic, 2001) (recorded 1963/1964)

With Lou Rawls

With Joe Roland

With Leroy Vinnegar

With Julius Watkins and Charlie Rouse

References

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  1. ^ a b c (in French) Guillon, Roland (2005), Anthologie du hard bop: L'éclat du jazz noir américain, Editions L'Harmattan, pp. 49–60. At Google Books. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Drummer Ron Jefferson Dies at 81", Jazz Times, May 12, 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  3. ^ (in Spanish) Pujol Baulenas, Jordi (2005), Jazz en Barcelona: 1920-1965, Almendra Music, pp. 429–30. At Google Books. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
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