Tiny Kahn

Norman "Tiny" Kahn (1923 - August 19, 1953) was an American jazz drummer, arranger, and composer.

Kahn began playing drums at age 15. He played with Boyd Raeburn (1948), Georgie Auld, Chubby Jackson, and Charlie Barnet (1949), and played drums and vibraphone under Elliot Lawrence (1952-53). Additionally, he performed with Red Rodney, Serge Chaloff, Lester Young, Al Cohn, and Stan Getz.

He worked with many of the ensembles he played in as an arranger, and also arranged for Woody Herman. He composed "Tiny's Blues" and "Father Knickerbocker" among other tunes. Kahn never led a recording session; he was quite obese and died of a heart attack at age 30.

References

*Scott Yanow, [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:gjfexqq5ldje~T1 Tiny Kahn] at Allmusic