Sonny Greer: The Elder Statesman Of Jazz - Modern Drummer Magazine

Sonny Greer: The Elder Statesman Of Jazz

William "Sonny" Greer was born in Long Branch, New Jersey on December 13, 1903. "I wasn't no rich kid." He remembers, "but I was always comfortable. We were a happy family.
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November 1981 Issue