Herb Lovelle

A pair of musician uncles inspired this journeyman performer, one of them providing drum lessons to the preteen. Herb Lovelle's professional career began near the close of the '40s in a combo led by trumpeter Hot Lips Page. As the next decade dawned, Lovelle joined up with the Hal Singer combo, the following year grabbing the drum seat in Johnny Moore's Three Blazers. The drummer then became ...more