Johnny Lytle

John “Johnny” Dillard Lytle (October 13, 1932 in Springfield, Ohio – December 15, 1995 in Springfield) was an American jazz drummer and vibraphonist.
Lytle grew up in Springfield, Ohio in a family of musicians, the son of Robert B. Lytle, a trumpeter and Margaret Ann Stripling, an organist. He was also the third born child out of nine. He began playing the drums and piano at an early age. Before studying music in earnest, he was a boxer, and... more