Sam Ulano
Solomon Paul "Sam" Ulano (August 12, 1920 – January 1, 2014) was an American jazz drummer and teacher. He is often called by the nickname "Mr. Rhythm." Ulano began playing drums at age 13 and opened his first drum studio four years later. He wrote many instruction books for the drums and appeared on several television programs, including Tonight Starring Steve Allen. He recorded with Moondog, and was also for one night in 1981 a member of the English post-punk band Public Image Ltd. He was a life long native of New York City. His son, Mark Ulano, is a Hollywood sound engineer and won an Academy Award in 1998 for Titanic. His daughter, Susan Ulano-Galgay, is a SAG background actor for feature films and major television production. Books
Ulano, Sam. I Love What I Do! :  A Drummer's Philosophy of Life at Eighty. . References

External links
Sam Ulano official site
Ulano Interview by Modern Drummer
Sam Ulano Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2012)

1920 births
Jazz musicians from New York City
2014 deaths
American jazz drummers
Public Image Ltd members
20th-century American Jews
21st-century American Jews