Ken Hanna

Jazz trumpeter, big band leader and arranger, born July 8, 1921 in Baltimore, died December 10 or 11, 1982 probably in El Cajon, California. Work for Stan Kenton during several periods; from 1942 until military service as an arranger; 1946-1948 as a trumpeter and arranger; 1950-1951; and in the the 1970s, when he wrote arrangements, led workshops, and conducted the orchestra during Kenton's illness in 1972. Later he became a record distributor.