Sam Weiss
Samuel "Sam" Weiss (also Sammy Weiss , born September 1, 1910 in New York City , † December 18, 1977 ) was an American jazz and studio musician ( drums ).
Sam Weiss, older brother of jazz bassist Sid Weiss , worked from the early 1930s in New York with (jazz) musicians such as Gene Kardos (who made the first recordings in 1931), Louis Armstrong , Adrian Rollini , Wingy Manone , Miff Mole , Artie Shaw , Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey , also with Paul Whiteman , Louis Prima , Casper Reardon , Erskine Butterfield , Jan Savitt , Johnny Guarnieri , Claude Thornhill and Erskine Hawkins . After moving to California in 1945, Weiss directed his own orchestra and worked as a freelance musician. a. with stars like Billy Eckstine , Paula Watson ("You Broke Your Promise", # 2 R&B Charts 1949 ) and for television, so in 1961 and 1964 in The Jack Benny Program . The discographer Tom Lord lists his participation in 122 recording sessions between 1931 and 1959.
Web links
- Brief portrait
- Sam Weiss at Allmusic (English)
- Sam Weiss at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bob Inman, Ken Vail: Swing Era Scrapbook: The Teenage Diaries & Radio Logs of Bob Inman, 1936-1938 . Scarecrow Press, 2005
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed June 17, 2019)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weiss, Sam |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weiss, Samuel; Weiss, Sammy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician (drums) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | 18th December 1977 |