Edgar Sampson

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Edgar Sampson
Birth nameEdgar Melvin Sampson
Born(1907-10-31)October 31, 1907
New York City, New York, United States
DiedJanuary 16, 1973(1973-01-16) (aged 65)
Englewood, New Jersey, United States
Occupation(s)Composer, arranger, instrumentalist
Instrument(s)Saxophone, violin
Years active1924–1960s

Edgar Melvin Sampson (October 31, 1907 – January 16, 1973),

jazz standards: "Stompin' at the Savoy
", and "Don't Be That Way".

Life and career

Born in

Charlie "Fess" Johnson, Duke Ellington, Rex Stewart and Fletcher Henderson.[3]

In 1934, Sampson joined the

freelance work with Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Red Norvo, Teddy Hill, Teddy Wilson and Chick Webb.[1]

Edgar Sampson became a student of the

Schillinger System in the early 1940s.[4] He continued to play sax through the late 1940s and started his own band (1949–51).[1] In the late 1940s through the 1950s, he worked with Latin performers such as Marcelino Guerra, Tito Rodríguez and Tito Puente as an arranger.[1] Sampson recorded one album under his own name, Swing Softly Sweet Sampson, in 1956. Due to illness, he stopped working in the late 1960s.[citation needed
]

His daughter, Grace Sampson, studied music and co-wrote the standard "Mambo Inn" with Mario Bauzá and Bobby Woodlen.[5]

Compositions and arrangements

  • "Dark Rapture" (Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Manny Kurtz)
  • "If Dreams Come True" (Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Irving Mills)
  • "Lullaby in Rhythm" (Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Clarence Profit, Walter Hirsch)
  • "Stompin' at the Savoy" (Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Andy Razaf)
  • "Hoopdee Whodee (Edgar Sampson)
  • "I'll Be Back for More" (Edgar Sampson,
    Candido Camero
    , Sammy Gallop)
  • "Happy and Satisfied" (Edgar Sampson, Walter Bishop)
  • "Cool and Groovy" (Edgar Sampson)
  • "Blue Lou" (Edgar Sampson, Irving Mills)
  • "The Blues Made Me Feel This Way" (Edgar Sampson)
  • "Light and Sweet" (Edgar Sampson, Bill Hardy)
  • "The Sweetness of You" (Edgar Sampson)
  • "Don't Be That Way" (Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Mitchell Parish)

(Source: Liner notes from Swing Softly Sweet Sampson, Coral Record CRL 57049 (1957)

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 0-85112-580-8
    .
  2. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5
    .‎
  3. ISBN 978-0-87910-042-1
    .
  4. ^ Curtis, Constance; Herndon, Cholie (April 30, 1949). "Know your Boroughs Orchestra Men Talk About Show Business". The New York Amsterdam News. p. 15.
  5. ^ "New York beat". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. November 11, 1954. p. 63.
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