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Harry as drummer. My dad died last Monday on 1/22/2017. Among many things, he was a jazz drummer. He played in dance bands in New Jersey in the late 40’s. He taught me about jazz when he would play-along with big band music. I was in elementary school and I hung out with him in the living room where he has his drums set up. He listened to Louie Belson, Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa. I asked him who he played with and he told me he didn’t remember because he was stoned most of the time. Jazz became my lifelong hobby which Pop had always encouraged. Except when I wanted to become a professional musician, which he thought was a bad idea maybe because most of the muscians he knew where drug-addicts. I still love to listen to jazz drummers...a passion I got from my dad.