The Year of Tony Bennett bloggers would like to wish drummer Harold Jones a very happy birthday!
Harold Jones was Count Basie’s favorite drummer and he’s our favorite drummer too. He has been playing for Tony Bennett since 2006. He also spends a lot of his free time doing drumming workshops and playing with his own band, The Bossmen, in California.
You can read more about Mr. Jones at drummerworld.com. We also enjoyed this interview with Harold from 2012.
Here’s a video of Harold Jones playing with Count Basie in 1968:
p.s. Hope you, Tony and rest of the quartet will be visiting us in Portland, Oregon or Seattle this year. We miss you!
Yes, a very happy Birthday to Harold.
Not only a great drummer but a lovely man to meet and talk with.