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Lex Humphries
Lex Humphries is credited on 818 releases across 141 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1959–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
818
Credits
141
Albums
8
Decades active
313
In collections
Biography
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American jazz drummer and percussionist, born August 22, 1936 in New York City, New York, died July 11, 1994 in the same city.
Played with Chet Baker (1956), Lester Young (1956), Dizzy Gillespie (1958), Art Farmer (1959-1960), John Coltrane (1959), Donald Byrd (1959-1960), Duke Pearson(1959-1960), Wes Montgomery (1961), McCoy Tyner (1963), Yusef Lateef (1960-1963) and others. Joined Sun Ra in 1965, left in 1981 to work freelance in Philadelphia.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
818 releases · 141 albums · active 1959–2025
- Performance · 905
- Other credits · 8
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Plaza Sound Studios · Nola Recording Studios · Sun Studios, New York
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Giant Steps
1960
The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery
1960
Eastern Sounds
1962
Byrd In Flight
1960
A New Perspective
1964
The Heavyweight Champion - The Complete Atlantic Recordings
1995
Night Lights
2025
Coltrane Jazz
1961
The Three Faces Of Yusef Lateef
1960
At The Half Note Cafe (Volume 1)
1961
Space Is The Place
1973
Nights Of Ballads & Blues
1963
Meet The Jazztet
1960
At The Half Note Cafe, Vol. 2
1963
So Much Guitar!
1961
In The Orbit Of Ra
2014
Calling Planet Earth
1998
The Best Of Blue Note
1984
While We're Young
1973
Universe In Blue
1972
The Solar-Myth Approach Vol. 1 & 2
1971
Blue Note's Three Decades Of Jazz - Volume 1 - 1959 - 1969
1969
Other Planes Of There
1966
Fuego
1960
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