Johnny Wells

Jazz drummer, born c. 1905 in Kentucky, died November 25, 1965 in New York. After performing as a singer, comedian and dancer at the Apex Club in Chicago, he joined Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra as a drummer, making several recordings with the band. He continued to work with Noone into the 1930s and then moved to New York, where he played and recorded with Joe Sullivan in 1939-1940.