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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 [a=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 [a=Joe Sullivan] in 1939-1940.