Cliff Leeman
Cliff Leeman (September 10, 1913 – April 26, 1986) was an American jazz drummer. His nickname was "Mr. Time". Leeman, born in Portland, Maine, United States, played percussion with the Portland Symphony Orchestra at age 13, and toured as a xylophonist on the vaudeville circuit late in the 1920s. He first made his name in the jazz world working in the swing bands of Artie Shaw (1938–39), Glenn Miller (1939), Tommy Dorsey (1939), Charlie Barnet (1940–43), Johnny Long, and Woody Herman (1943–44). After a stint in the Army in 1944, he worked with Don Byas, John Kirby (1944–45), Raymond Scott, Jimmy Dorsey, and Ben Webster. He left the music industry briefly before joining the Casa Loma Orchestra in 1947, later moving on to Charlie Barnet's orchestra (1949) and Bob Chester's big band ensemble (1949–50). He played on radio and television in the 1950s, in addition to playing live often with Eddie Condon and Bobby Hackett. Later associations include Pee Wee Erwin, Yank Lawson/Bob Haggart, Ralph Sutton, Billy Butterfield, Bob Crosby (1960), Wild Bill Davison (1962), Dukes of Dixieland (1963–64), Peanuts Hucko, Joe Venuti, The Kings of Jazz (1974), Bud Freeman, Don Ewell, the World's Greatest Jazz Band (1976–77), and Jimmy McPartland. He recorded several albums for Fat Cat Jazz in the 1970s. His drumming can also be heard on some of the early recorded hits of Bill Haley & His Comets. |
Birth and Death Data: Born September 10, 1913 (Portland), Died April 26, 1986
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1937 - 1962
Roles Represented in DAHR: drums, traps
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Recordings (Results 326-350 of 373 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 89757 | 4/13/1956 | Ostrich walk | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 89758 | 4/13/1956 | Livery stable blues | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 89759 | 4/13/1956 | At the jazz band ball | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 89760 | 4/13/1956 | Original Dixieland one-step | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 89806 | 4/24/1956 | Bluin' the blues | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 89807 | 4/24/1956 | Lazy Daddy | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 89808 | 4/24/1956 | Mournin' blues | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 89809 | 4/24/1956 | Skeleton jangle | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 89924 | 5/8/1956 | Reisenweber rag | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 89925 | 5/8/1956 | Satanic blues | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 89926 | 5/8/1956 | Lasses candy | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 89927 | 5/8/1956 | Sudan | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 101341 | 1/11/1957 | Clarinet ramble | Wingy Manone and his Band | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 101342 | 1/11/1957 | Lazy Honolulu moon | Wingy Manone and his Band | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 101343 | 1/11/1957 | Real gone | Wingy Manone and his Band | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 101344 | 1/11/1957 | Dixieland rock | Wingy Manone and his Band | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 101345 | 1/14/1957 | Sweetheart of Sigma Chi | Wingy Manone and his Band | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 101346 | 1/14/1957 | Trumpet on the wing | Wingy Manone and his Band | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 101347 | 1/14/1957 | Baby, change your mind | Wingy Manone and his Band | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 101348 | 1/14/1957 | Two beat special | Wingy Manone and his Band | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 101349 | 1/14/1957 | Burlecue | Wingy Manone and his Band | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 101350 | 1/14/1957 | Biloxi | Wingy Manone and his Band | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 101351 | 1/15/1957 | Can't get you off my mind | Wingy Manone and his Band | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 101352 | 1/15/1957 | Just plain struttin' | Wingy Manone and his Band | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 101363 | 1/14/1957 | Party doll | Wingy Manone and his Band | instrumentalist, drums |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Leeman, Cliff," accessed April 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106790.
Leeman, Cliff. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106790.
"Leeman, Cliff." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Leeman, Cliff - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93016679
Wikidata: Cliff Leeman - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3148835
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/76500680
MusicBrainz: Cliff Leeman - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/123ff3f6-e6f4-48e6-b88f-e82bc466697a
ISNI: 0000 0001 1675 5609 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000116755609
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