Ron Jefferson

Drummer Ron Jefferson was fixture from the postwar NEW YORK bop panorama, collaborating with giants which range from Lester Adolescent to Coleman Hawkins. Created in ny on Feb 13, 1926, Jefferson start his career like a faucet dancer before embracing drums, touring and documenting having a who’s who of bebop greats that also included Charles Mingus, Freddie Redd, and Roy Eldridge. He also spent quite a few years to get Oscar Pettiford, and with fellow Pettiford alums Charlie Rouse and Julius Watkins produced the Jazz Settings in 1957. When the trio divide two years afterwards, Jefferson agreed upon on with Les McCann before settling in LA. There he trim his first program as a head, the Pacifica time Like Lifted Me, in 1962, furthermore to playing behind Groove Holmes, Zoot Sims, Carmell Jones, and Joe Castro. Jefferson also toured using the Roland Kirk-led Jazz and People’s Motion, and spent quite a few years in Paris, drumming behind Hazel Scott and teaching music for the U.S. Embassy. In 1976, he also trim Vout Etes Golf swing! for the Catalyst label. Upon time for NY, Jefferson hosted the cable television series Mls Ahead with fellow drummer John Lewis. Despite a reliable working arrangements, he never accomplished the presence or renown of several of his contemporaries, and after a short illness passed away in Richmond, VA, on, may 7, 2007.