Tommy Benford

THOMAS BENFORD d1994. American jazz drummer. In 1920, he was working with the Green River Minstrel Show. He recorded with Jelly Roll Morton in 1928 and 1930. He also played with Duke Ellington / Fats Waller and Eddie South. From 1932 till 1941 he lived in Europe, where in 1937 he participated in one of the most memorable recording sessions ever in Paris with ; Coleman Hawkins / Benny Carter / Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli. He died in New York aged 88 on March 24th 1994