Leon Abramson
Leon Abramson (6 January 1925 – 20 April 1992)[1] known as Lee Abrams was a jazz drummer, brother of Ray Abrams, the jazz saxophonist.[2]
Life[]
Abrams was born in New York City, and was raised in Brooklyn, his father played the violin and clarinet.[3] He joined the army in 1943. He was discharged in 1946.[4]
He played with Roy Eldridge. On 52nd Street he played with Coleman Hawkins, Eddie Lockjaw Davis and Jay Jay Johnson.
References[]
- ^ Feather, Leonard; Gitler, Ira (2007). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199886401.
- ^ Martin Harry Greenberg (1979). The Jewish lists: physicists and generals, actors and writers, and hundreds of other lists of accomplished Jews. Schocken Books. p. 159.
- ^ The Encyclopedia of Jazz. Editor, Leonard Feather. Horizon Press, 1956. 1976. p. 75.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Walter Bruyninckx. 60 years of recorded jazz, 1917–1977. Vol. 1. Bruyninckx. p. A-10.
Categories:
- American jazz drummers
- 1925 births
- 1992 deaths
- Musicians from Brooklyn
- United States Army soldiers
- United States Army personnel of World War II
- Jazz musicians from New York (state)
- American jazz drummer stubs