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!

The Year of Tony Bennett would like to wish a very happy birthday to Harold Jones, Tony Bennett’s drummer. Classically trained as a percussionist, Jones has had distinguished career. Tony Bennett introduces him at concerts as ‘Count Basie’s favorite drummer.” We recently read a delightful biography of Harold Jones called Harold Jones: The Singer’s Drummer, which is available from Amazon and Barnes & Noble, as well as other booksellers.

He has played not only for Tony Bennett and Count Basie, but also Natalie Cole, Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Bing Crosby, Sammy Davis Jr., Carmen McRae, Ray Charles, Kay Starr and many, many other great performers.

You can learn more about Harold Jones at his website haroldjonesbigband.com, which contains a full biography, discography, reviews, downloads and much more.

There is also this excellent interview with Scott Laningham, which you can read or listen to here.

And, we just wanted to mention how very handsome you look in the Cheek To Cheek DVD in your formal wear.

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: