Hall of Fame 1991

by Dave Black The Percussive Arts Society mourns the loss of an old friend and Hall of Fame member, Murray Spivack. One of drumming’s most influential and highly respected teachers, Murray died on May 8, 1994, following a lengthy illness. He was 91. Spivack, born in New York City in 1903, had two distinctly different…

by Rick Mattingly Born on September 9, 1927, in Pontiac, Michigan, Elvin Ray Jones was the younger brother of jazz pianist Hank Jones and the late trumpet player and bandleader Thad Jones. After tenth grade, Jones began gigging around Pontiac, sometimes with his brothers, using borrowed drums. At age 18 he joined the Army and…