Sammy Benskin

Samuel " Sammy" Benskin ( born September 27, 1922 in the Bronx, New York City; † 26 August 1992 in Teaneck, New Jersey) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist.

Benskin is from the Bronx and began in 1940 to work as a professional pianist, he accompanied the singer and guitarist Bardu Ali. In the 1940s he also worked with jazz musicians such as Buck Clayton, Stuff Smith, Benny Morton, John Hardee, Don Redman and Lucky Thompson. In 1945 he was a member of Freddie Green Kansas City Seven and accompanied Billie Holiday in the orchestra of Bob Haggart ( " Do not Explain " / " You Better Go Now "). In the early 1950s he led his own piano trio and also performed as a soloist and as an accompanist for vocalists such as Roy Hamilton and Al Hibbler. In 1954 he was a member of the band The Three Flames. End of the 1950s he worked with Dinah Washington; In 1959, he took with a band called The Spacemen on the instrumental track " The Clouds ", the Julius Dixon had written and produced. At the title also looked Panama Francis, Haywood Henry and Babe Clark. He appeared on Dixsons Alton label. The title captured # 1 on the Billboard R & B charts and # 41 in the pop charts. " The Clouds " at that time was the first number one, which came out of a record label that was in possession of an African American, even before the first Motown # 1 hit in the same year. From the 1960s Benskin worked primarily as a companion of singers, as well as an arranger and producer. In 1982, he took in Paris an album for the label Black & Blue on, These Foolish songs.

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  • Bielefeld catalog 1988 & 2002
  • Richard Cook & Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, 8th Edition, London, Penguin, 2006 ISBN 0-141-02327-9
  • Jazz Pianist
  • R & B pianist
  • American musician
  • Arranger
  • Born in 1922
  • Died in 1992
  • Man
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