Deryck Sampson

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Deryck Sampson (* 1925 or 1926) is an American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist .

Live and act

Deryck Sampson recorded his first titles at the age of 17; from this time he was under contract with the manager Joe Davis . Under his own name, he presented a number of singles in 1943/44, including two tracks by Emporia "Lefty" Scott, "Homeless on the Range" / "Canal Street Boogie Woogie" (Beacon 7004). Other titles were "Blackberry Jam", "Monday's Wash" (Beacon 7006), "Chinese Boogie Woogie" / "Kansas City Boogie Woogie" (Beacon 7005) and "Table Top Boogie" (Joe Davis Records 7016).

In early 1945 he accompanied Mildred Bailey on the CBS broadcasted radio show Music 'Til Midnight (" Sweet Georgia Brown "); in a soundie he appeared around 1945 with a jazz combo and the singer Mabel Lee ("Half-Past Jump Time"). In 1946 he played the tracks "Boogie Serenade" / "Boogie on the Volga" (Davis 7017) for Joe Davis' label. In 1947 he recorded with Jackie Paris in Los Angeles ("Skylark"). In the field of jazz he was involved in eight recording sessions between 1943 and 1947.

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Notes and individual references

  1. ^ Billboard Sept. 18, 1943
  2. ↑ Bruce Bastin: The Melody Man: Joe Davis and the New York Music Scene, 1916–1978 . 2012, p. 156
  3. ↑ The latter title received a rather negative review on the Billboard ( Just as meaningleass and far short of the rock and roll spirit characterizing the city's music, is Kansas City Boofie-Woogie , Sides are the weakest of the lot bearing the Deryck Sampson label and would better have been left unheard. Nothing in these sides to satisfy boogie-woogie piano tastes for the music box fans ). See Billboard Oct. 9, 1943
  4. ^ Billboard June 9, 1945
  5. ↑ Storyville, spending 137-150 Storyville Publications, 1989, p 176
  6. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed April 22, 2018)
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SURNAME Sampson, Deryck
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist
DATE OF BIRTH 1925 or 1926