Cliff Leeman
Clifford "Cliff" Leeman (born September 10, 1913 in Portland (Maine) , † April 26, 1986 in New York City ) was a drummer for Swing and Dixieland .
At the age of 13, Leeman already appeared as a drummer with the Portland Symphony Orchestra and played in the vaudeville xylophone in the late 1920s . From 1936 to 1939 he was the drummer for Artie Shaw , 1939 for Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey , 1940 to 1943 for Charlie Barnet and 1943/44 for Woody Herman . After being drafted into the military for a short time, he played with Don Byas , John Kirby (1944/45), Raymond Scott (1944) and Jimmy Dorsey (1945).
He then took a break until 1947 when Casa Loma Orchestra of Glen Gray got in. In 1949 he was again with Charlie Barnet and in 1949/50 in the big band of Bob Chester . In the 1950s he worked a lot for radio and TV productions, but also in Eddie Condon's club in New York and with Bobby Hackett (1949 to 1952). He played in the Lawson - Haggart band, with Wild Bill Davison (1962), the Dukes of Dixieland (1963/64), Peanuts Hucko (1964), toured with Eddie Condon in Australia and Japan and played with Bob Crosby . In the 1970s he played with the World's Greatest Jazz Band (1976/77) and u. a. with Jimmy McPartland and Joe Venuti .
literature
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 3rd, revised and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .
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| SURNAME | Leeman, Cliff |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leeman, Clifford |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Portland (Maine) |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 26, 1986 |
| Place of death | New York City |