Leon Abramson (born 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) (in en). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199886401. https://books.google.com/books?id=KEHGs88c-aAC&pg=PT33&lpg=PT33&dq=Leon+Abramson+jazz&source=bl&ots=7UF4KIdSG4&sig=YLf0JAHt59DH1yCV91ASZwshdmY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiX7Ij66JDbAhVL7oMKHXcuCj8Q6AEILzAC#v=onepage&q=Leon%20Abramson%20jazz&f=false.
- ↑ 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. p. 75.
- ↑ Walter Bruyninckx. 60 years of recorded jazz, 1917-1977. 1. Bruyninckx. p. A-10.
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