From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jesse Drakes
Jesse Drakes
Jesse Drakes (1924–2010) was an American jazz trumpet known. He is survived by a son, Charles L. Drakes of
player. Rockville, Maryland.
He was born October 22, 1924 in New York.
Drakes hung out at Minton’s Playhouse in his youth,
and attended Juilliard in the 1940s. He played in the 1940s
References
with Al Cooper’s Savoy Sultans, Sid Catlett, J.C. Heard, Ed- • Eugene Chadbourne, Jesse Drakes at Allmusic
die Heywood, Deke Watson, and Sarah Vaughan (1947). • "Jesse Drakes". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.
He worked extensively with Lester Young; the pair col- Persondata
laborated on and off between 1948 and 1956. Alongside Name Drakes, Jesse
this Drakes played with Harry Belafonte, Gene Ammons,
Sonny Stitt, (1953), Louie Bellson, (1955), and Duke Elling- Alternative names
ton (1956). Short description American jazz trumpeter
In the late 1950s he played less jazz and more R&B Date of birth October 22, 1926
music, touring with King Curtis and playing at the Mo-
Place of birth New York
town studios in the 1960s. From 1969 he was based out of
New York, leading dance ensembles and singing. He gave Date of death Early May, 2010
an interview with Cadence in 1984. Place of death New York City
Drakes was found dead in his apartment in New York
City on May 1, 2010. His date of death, therefore, is un-
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Categories:
• 1926 births
• American jazz trumpeters
• Musicians from New York
• 2010 deaths
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