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Edgar Sampson (31 Aug 1907 - 16 Jan 1973)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (1)

Relationships (2)

Member Of

  1. Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra alto saxophone
  2. Chick Webb and His Orchestra alto saxophone

Recordings by (1)

  1. Stompin' at the Savoy 2:46 (1992)

On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley! 2:31 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1937)

Instruments

  1. The House of David Blues 3:10 Connie's Inn Orchestra (1931) reeds, violin
  2. Take Me Away From the River 3:20 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra (May 1932) reeds
  3. Poor Old Joe 2:59 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra (May 1932) reeds
  4. On the Sunny Side of the Street 2:55 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1933) alto saxophone
  5. Blue Minor 3:03 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (Sep 1934) alto saxophone
  6. On the Sunny Side of the Street 2:49 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (Sep 1934) alto saxophone
  7. I Can’t Dance, I Got Ants in My Pants 2:58 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934) alto saxophone
  8. If It Ain’t Love 3:00 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1934) alto saxophone
  9. Lona 2:47 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1934) alto saxophone
  10. Get Together 3:03 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934) alto saxophone
  11. Rhythm Man 2:55 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1934) alto saxophone
  12. It’s Over Because We’re Through 3:15 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1934) alto saxophone, alto saxophone
  13. Darktown Strutters Ball 2:51 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934) alto saxophone
  14. Lonesome Moments 2:45 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1934) alto saxophone
  15. True 2:44 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1934) alto saxophone
  16. Imagination 3:25 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934) alto saxophone
  17. Don’t Be That Way 2:35 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1934) alto saxophone
  18. When Dreams Come True 3:23 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934) alto saxophone
  19. Stomping at the Savoy 3:10 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934) alto saxophone
  20. Why Should I Beg for Love 3:07 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934) alto saxophone
  21. Rhythm and Romance 3:05 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1935) alto saxophone
  22. Moonlight and Magnolias 2:52 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1935) alto saxophone
  23. Love and Kisses 3:19 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1935) alto saxophone
  24. I May Be Wrong (but I Think You’re Wonderful) 3:06 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1935) alto saxophone
  25. I’ll Chase the Blues Away 2:34 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1935) alto saxophone
  26. Are You Here to Stay? 3:11 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1935) alto saxophone
  27. What a Shuffle 2:54 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) alto saxophone, alto saxophone
  28. I Got the Spring Fever Blues 3:02 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) alto saxophone
  29. Blue Lou 3:03 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) alto saxophone, alto saxophone
  30. Sing Me a Swing Song (and Let Me Dance) 2:35 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) alto saxophone
  31. Go Harlem 2:22 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) alto saxophone
  32. Swinging on the Reservation 3:07 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) alto saxophone
  33. Devoting My Time to You 2:27 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) alto saxophone
  34. (If You Can’t Sing It) You’ll Have to Swing It 3:00 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) alto saxophone
  35. Crying My Heart Out Over You 3:09 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) alto saxophone
  36. Facts and Figures 2:35 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) alto saxophone
  37. Under the Spell of the Blues 3:05 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) alto saxophone
  38. One Never Knows, Does One? 3:03 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (Feb 1937) alto saxophone, clarinet
  39. I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm 2:57 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (Feb 1937) alto saxophone, clarinet
  40. When I Get Low I Get High 2:27 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (Feb 1937) alto saxophone
  41. Rusty Hinge 3:07 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (May 1937) alto saxophone
  42. Cryin’ Mood 2:37 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (May 1937) alto saxophone
  43. Gee! But You’re Swell 2:38 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1937) alto saxophone
  44. Wake Up and Live 2:40 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1937) alto saxophone
  45. Love You’re Just a Laugh 3:10 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1937) alto saxophone
  46. Love Marches On 2:53 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1937) alto saxophone
  47. Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley! 2:31 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1937) alto saxophone
  48. Love Is the Thing So They Say 2:51 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1937) alto saxophone

Vocals

  1. Why Should I Beg for Love 3:07 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934)

Credited as (6)

  1. Edgar Sampson
  2. Dizzy Gillespie, Sampson & Gannon
  3. Mitchell Parish, Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson
  4. Walter Hirsch, Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson & Clarence Profit
  5. Benny Goodman / Edgar Sampson
  6. Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman & Chick Webb

Works (14)

Wrote

  1. Stompin’ at the Panama
  2. Dark Rapture
  3. Under the Spell of the Blues
  4. Please Tell Me the Truth

Composed

  1. Lullaby in Rhythm (1938)
  2. Don’t Be That Way
  3. Stompin’ at the Savoy
  4. If Dreams Come True
  5. Stompin’ at the Savoy
  6. Dr. Kimbel auf der Flucht
  7. Mambo Inn
  8. I’ll Chase the Blues Away
  9. Are You Here to Stay?
  10. Blue Lou

Links (13)

Other Databases

  1. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb138993642
  2. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1532787
  3. https://ibdb.com/person.php?id=83878
  4. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95057734
  5. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n95057734
  6. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6k653nt
  7. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107270
  8. https://d-nb.info/gnd/135029465

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/307404

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000181398

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/27253069

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q347078

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/16633