 Joe Morello in a 1960 DownBeat advertisement Image by REMO, Inc., via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed Public domain |
Stan FarlowJoe Morello Joe Morello American Jazz drummer (1928–2011) Not to be confused with Joe Morelle. Joseph Albert Morello (July 17, 1928[1] – March 12, 2011)[2] was an American jazz drummer best known for serving as the drummer for pianist Dave Brubeck, as part of the Dave Brubeck Quartet, from 1957 to 1972, including during the quartet's "classic lineup" from 1958 to 1968, which also included alto saxophonist Paul Desmond and bassist Eugene Wright. Morello's facility for playing unusual time signatures and rhythms enabled that group to record a series of albums that explored them. The most notable of these was the first in the series, the 1959 album Time Out, which contained the hit songs "Take Five" and "Blue Rondo… (Source: Wikipedia)
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