…thank you for the music. Edgar Melvin Sampson (1907-1973): composer, arranger, saxophonist, and violinist who played and worked with the greatest of the swing era.
8 songs (co-)credited by Edgar M. Sampson starting with the most famous of them all: Stompin' at the Savoy, written during his few, yet important, years wokring for Chick Webb's band.
(Photo via https://jazzlives.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/unidentified-negro-jazz-musicians-on-ebay-2/)
(8tracks, April 28, 2014)
