# Sam Ulano

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**Solomon Paul** "**Sam**" **Ulano** (August 12, 1920 – January 1, 2014) was an American [jazz drummer](/source/Jazz_drumming) and teacher.[1] He is often called by the nickname "Mr. Rhythm."[2]

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](/source/Tonight_Starring_Steve_Allen)*. He recorded with [Moondog](/source/Moondog), and was also for one night in 1981 a member of the English post-punk band [Public Image Ltd.](/source/Public_Image_Ltd.) He was a life long native of New York City.[1]

His son, [Mark Ulano](/source/Mark_Ulano), is a [Hollywood](/source/Cinema_of_the_United_States) [sound engineer](/source/Sound_engineer) and won an [Academy Award](/source/Academy_Award) in 1998 for *[Titanic](/source/Titanic_(1997_film))*. 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*. ISBN 1-890995-35-5.

## References

1. ["Sam Ulano (1920 - 2014)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141209023608/http://www.drummercafe.com/featured-musician/drummer-percussionist/sam-ulano-1920-2014.html). *Drummer Cafe*. Archived from [the original](http://www.drummercafe.com/featured-musician/drummer-percussionist/sam-ulano-1920-2014.html) on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.

1. Liffengren, Jordan (3 January 2014). ["Sam Ulano Passes Away At 93"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141208103801/http://www.drummagazine.com/news/post/sam-ulano-passes-away-at-93/). *Drum!*. Archived from [the original](http://www.drummagazine.com/news/post/sam-ulano-passes-away-at-93/) on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.

## External links

- [Sam Ulano official site](http://www.samulano.com/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20141222053952/http://www.samulano.com/) 2014-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
- [Ulano Interview by Modern Drummer](http://www.moderndrummer.com/site/2014/01/drum-instructor-sam-ulano-passes/#.VIN0PtapdKo)
- [Sam Ulano Interview](https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/sam-ulano) NAMM Oral History Library (2012)

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