SAMPSON, EDGAR MELVIN

SAMPSON, EDGAR MELVIN. Jazz arranger/Composer (31 August 1907 in New York, New York; 16 January 1973 in Englewood, New Jersey). He studied violin as a child but during his high-school years played alto saxophone; he also led his own group. He began his professional career about 1924, playing violin in a duo in local nightclubs. Thereafter he played with various groups, including Edward (Duke) Ellington , Charlie Johnson (1928-30), the Fletcher Henderson (1931-32), and...