Leon Abramson
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). 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.