Edgar Sampson

Edgar Melvin Sampson (born 31 August 1907 in New York City; † 16 January 1973 in Englewood, New Jersey ) was an American jazz musician ( composer, arranger, saxophonist and violinist ).

Work

Edgar Sampson began six years playing the violin and took in the school nor the saxophone added. At the beginning of his career (1924 ) Sampson met with Joe Colman ( Violin / Piano) on the duo. Later in the 1920s he played in many big bands, among them were the Duke Ellington, Rex Stewart and Fletcher Henderson. In 1933 he joined the Chick Webb band. During this time he composed his well-known works Stompin'at the Savoy and Do not Be That Way. He left Webb's band in 1937 with a good reputation as a composer and arranger, and has worked as a freelance arranger with the bands of Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Red Norvo, Teddy Hill, Teddy Wilson and Chick Webb. In the 40s he continued to play saxophone and formed his own band ( 1948-1951 ). During the fifties he worked as an arranger for Latin American artists such as Marceino Guerra, Alberto Socarras, Tito Rodriguez and Tito Puente and adopted in 1959 an album under his own name - Swing Softly Sweet Sampson - on. Due to illness he had to stop work in the late sixties.

Compositions

• Dark Rapture ( Benny Goodman - Edgar Sampson - Manny Kurtz )
• If Dreams Come True ( Edgar Sampson - Benny Goodman - Irving Mills )
• Do not Be That Way ( Edgar Sampson - Benny Goodman)
• Lullaby in Rhythm ( Edgar Sampson - Benny Goodman - Clarence Profit - Walter Hirsch),
• Mambo Inn ( Mario Bauza - Edgar Sampson - Bobby Woodlen )

Lexical entry

• Carlo Bohländer, Reclams jazz leaders in 1989

• Jazz saxophonist
• Composer (Jazz)
• Arranger
• American musician
• Born 1907
• Died in 1973
• Man