Gene Gammage
Eugene "Gene" Gammage (born January 30, 1931) is an American jazz drummer. Biography Gene Gammage began his professional career as a drummer in 1952 after serving in the Air Force (1948-1952). In 1953, in Los Angeles he found a steady gig with Teddy Charles, and Bill Crow on bass. Following this, he played with leaders Buddy Collette (1955) Hampton Hawes (1955), André Previn (1955), Barney Kessel (1956), Herb Geller, Jack Sheldon.The Encyclopedia Of Jazz - Leonard Feather, reprint 1960 page 222 two photos feature Gammage with Jack Sheldon in photo book Jazz Seen - William Claxton, page 30 and 122 Tenor saxophonist Jack Laird hired him for an engagement at Club El Sereno in East LA (with pianist Franck Patchen). Peterson described Gammage as "a young man with an irrepressible sense of humour", "who possessed considerable talent." In November 1956, he was in Las Vegas with Oscar Peterson. In 1957, he joined Beverly Kelly and Pat Moran McCoy for a quartet and tri ...
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Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 living within the city limits, it is the eighth most populous city in the Southeast and 38th most populous city in the United States according to the 2020 U.S. census. It is the core of the much larger Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to more than 6.1 million people, making it the eighth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. Situated among the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains at an elevation of just over above sea level, it features unique topography that includes rolling hills, lush greenery, and the most dense urban tree coverage of any major city in the United States. Atlanta was originally founded as the terminus of a major state-sponsored railroad, but it soon became the convergence point among several rai ...
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