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Lex Humphries

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Lex Humphries (August 22, 1936 – July 11, 1994) was a jazz drummer. [1]

54 relations: A New Perspective, Alternate Takes, Angel Eyes (Duke Pearson album), Art Farmer, At the Half Note Cafe, Benny Golson, Black Myth/Out in Space, Byrd in Flight, Cedar Walton, Dedication!, Dizzy Gillespie, Donald Byrd, Doug Watkins, Drum kit, Duke Pearson, Eastern Sounds, Freddie Hubbard, Fuego (Donald Byrd album), Giant Steps, Have Trumpet, Will Excite!, Images (Sonny Red album), It's After the End of the World, Jazz, Jazz 'Round the World, John Coltrane, John Handy, Junior (Junior Mance album), Junior Mance, Leon Thomas, McCoy Tyner, Meet the Jazztet, Minor Mishap, New York City, Nights of Ballads & Blues, No Coast Jazz, Oliver Nelson, Profile (Duke Pearson album), Rearin' Back, Sonny Red, Sonny Stitt, Soulnik, Space Is the Place, Space Is the Place (album), Space Is the Place (soundtrack), Sun Ra, Tender Feelin's, The Centaur and the Phoenix, The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie, The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, The Jazztet, ..., The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef, United States, Wes Montgomery, Yusef Lateef. Expand index (4 more) »

A New Perspective

A New Perspective is a 1964 studio album by jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd.

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Alternate Takes

Alternate Takes is a compilation album credited to jazz musician John Coltrane, released in 1975 on Atlantic Records, catalogue SD 1668.

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Angel Eyes (Duke Pearson album)

Angel Eyes is the third album by American pianist and arranger Duke Pearson featuring performances by Pearson with Thomas Howard, and Lex Humphries originally recorded in 1961/62 for the Jazzline label but not released until 1968 on the Polydor label.

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Art Farmer

Arthur Stewart Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player.

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At the Half Note Cafe

At the Half Note Cafe is a live album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd recorded in 1960 at the Half Note in Manhattan and released on the Blue Note label originally as two single LP issues (BLP 4060 and BLP 4061) and reissued as a double CD set.

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Benny Golson

Benny Golson (born January 25, 1929) is an American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger.

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Black Myth/Out in Space

Black Myth/Out in Space is a 2CD live album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra recorded in 1970 in Donaueschingen and Berlin and released on the Motor Music label in 1998.

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Byrd in Flight

Byrd in Flight is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd recorded in 1960 and released on the Blue Note label as BLP 4048 and BST 84048 featuring Byrd with Jackie McLean or Hank Mobley, Duke Pearson, Doug Watkins or Reggie Workman and Lex Humphries.

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Cedar Walton

Cedar Anthony Walton, Jr. (January 17, 1934 – August 19, 2013) was an American hard bop jazz pianist.

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Dedication!

Dedication! is the fourth album attributed to American pianist and arranger Duke Pearson featuring performances originally recorded in 1961 for the Jazzline label but not released until 1970 on the Prestige label.

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Dizzy Gillespie

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and singer.

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Donald Byrd

Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter.

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Doug Watkins

Douglas Watkins (March 2, 1934 – February 5, 1962) was an American jazz double bassist from Detroit.

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Drum kit

A drum kit — also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums — is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments, typically cymbals, which are set up on stands to be played by a single player, with drumsticks held in both hands, and the feet operating pedals that control the hi-hat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum.

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Duke Pearson

Columbus Calvin "Duke" Pearson, Jr (August 17, 1932 – August 4, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer.

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Eastern Sounds

Eastern Sounds is an album by jazz saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef, recorded in 1961.

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Freddie Hubbard

Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter.

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Fuego (Donald Byrd album)

Fuego is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd recorded in 1959 and released on the Blue Note label in 1960 as BLP 4026, featuring Byrd with Jackie McLean, Duke Pearson, Doug Watkins and Lex Humphries.

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Giant Steps

Giant Steps is the fifth studio album by jazz musician John Coltrane as leader, released in 1960 on Atlantic Records, catalogue SD 1311.

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Have Trumpet, Will Excite!

Have Trumpet, Will Excite! is a 1959 studio album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie.

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Images (Sonny Red album)

Images is an album by American saxophonist Sonny Red, featuring tracks recorded in 1961 with Grant Green and Barry Harris and others recorded in 1962 and released on the Jazzland label.

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It's After the End of the World

It's After the End of the World (subtitled Live at the Donaueschingen and Berlin Festivals) is a live album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra recorded in 1970 in Donaueschingen and Berlin and released on the MPS label in 1970.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jazz 'Round the World

Jazz 'Round the World is an album by American jazz multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef featuring performances recorded in 1963 for the Impulse! label.

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John Coltrane

John William Coltrane, also known as "Trane" (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967),.

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John Handy

John Richard Handy III (born February 3, 1933) is an American jazz musician most commonly associated with the alto saxophone, although he also plays tenor and baritone saxophone, saxello, clarinet, and oboe, and sings.

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Junior (Junior Mance album)

Junior is the debut album led by jazz pianist Junior Mance which was recorded in 1959 and released on the Verve label.

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Junior Mance

Julian Clifford Mance, Jr. (known as Junior Mance, born October 10, 1928) is an American jazz pianist and composer.

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Leon Thomas

Amos Leon Thomas, Jr. (October 4, 1937 – May 8, 1999) was an American avant-garde jazz singer from East St. Louis, Illinois.

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McCoy Tyner

Alfred McCoy Tyner (born December 11, 1938) is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet and a long solo career.

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Meet the Jazztet

Meet the Jazztet is an album by the Jazztet, led by trumpeter Art Farmer and saxophonist Benny Golson featuring performances recorded in 1960 and originally released on the Argo label.

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Minor Mishap

Minor Mishap is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard recorded in August 1961 in New York City.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Nights of Ballads & Blues

Nights of Ballads & Blues is the third album by the jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, released on the Impulse! label in 1963.

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No Coast Jazz

No Coast Jazz is an album by saxophonist John Handy III featuring tracks recorded in 1960 and originally released on the Roulette label.

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Oliver Nelson

Oliver Edward Nelson (June 4, 1932 – October 28, 1975) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader.

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Profile (Duke Pearson album)

Profile is the debut album by American pianist and arranger Duke Pearson, featuring performances by Pearson with Gene Taylor and Lex Humphries.

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Rearin' Back

Rearin' Back is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1962 and released on the Argo label.

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Sonny Red

Sonny Red (born Sylvester Kyner Jr., December 17, 1932, Detroit – March 20, 1981, Detroit) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer associated with the hard bop idiom among other styles.

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Sonny Stitt

Edward Hammond Boatner Jr. (February 2, 1924 – July 22, 1982), known professionally as Sonny Stitt, was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom.

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Soulnik

Soulnik is the second of two albums led by American jazz bassist Doug Watkins featuring tracks recorded in 1960 and released on the New Jazz label.

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Space Is the Place

Space Is the Place is an 85-minute Afrofuturist science fiction film made in 1972 and released in 1974.

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Space Is the Place (album)

Space Is the Place is a jazz album by Sun Ra.

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Space Is the Place (soundtrack)

Space is the Place is an album by Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Solar Arkestra.

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Sun Ra

Sun Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, legal name Le Sony'r Ra; May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993) was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific output, and theatrical performances.

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Tender Feelin's

Tender Feelin's is the second album by American pianist and arranger Duke Pearson featuring performances originally recorded in 1959 and released on the Blue Note label.

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The Centaur and the Phoenix

The Centaur and the Phoenix is an album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1960 and released on the Riverside label.

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The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie

The Ebullient Mr.

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The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings

The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings is a 1995 box set by jazz musician John Coltrane.

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The Jazztet

The Jazztet was a jazz sextet, co-founded in 1959 by trumpeter Art Farmer and tenor saxophonist Benny Golson, always featuring the founders along with a trombonist and a piano-bass-drums rhythm section.

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The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef

The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef is an album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1960 and released on the Riverside label.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Wes Montgomery

John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968) was an American jazz guitarist.

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Yusef Lateef

Yusef Abdul Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston; October 9, 1920 – December 23, 2013) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer and prominent figure among the Ahmadiyya Community in America, in 1950.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Humphries

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