Jerry Segal
Gerald "Jerry" Segal (February 16, 1931 – August 1974) was an American jazz drummer. Segal was born and raised in Philadelphia, where he worked with Bennie Green and Pete Rugolo in local clubs. In the late 1950s he played with Johnny Smith, Terry Gibbs, Teddy Charles, Stan Getz, Charles Mingus, Herbie Mann, Lennie Tristano, Bob Dorough, Teo Macero, Curtis Fuller, Hampton Hawes, Dick Cary, Mal Waldron, Addison Farmer, the Australian Jazz Quintet, and Mose Allison.
Jerry Segal
- Born
- 1931 · Philadelphia.
- Died
- 1974
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- musician
- Fields
- jazz
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He also played with Bernard Peiffer from 1958 to 1960 and with the composer Edgar Varese in the 1950s. He worked in 1960 with Dave McKenna. Raising his children, Jerry and Josylyn Segal, he was primarily the big act "show drummer" for the honeymoon resort, Mount Airy Lodge, in the Poconos through the 60's.
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Jerry Segal appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a musician (16 February 1931 – August 1974). Jerry Segal was born on 16 February 1931 in Philadelphie, Pennsylvania, United States. Jerry Segal died in August 1974.
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- 1."Jerry Segal". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld, 2004.
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