Lex Humphries
Lex Humphries | |
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![]() Humphries in a 1960 advertisement | |
Background information | |
Born | (1936-08-22)August 22, 1936 |
Origin | New York City, US |
Died | July 11, 1994(1994-07-11) (aged 57) |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument | Drums |
Lex Humphries (August 22, 1936 – July 11, 1994) was an American jazz drummer. He worked with two musicians known for mixing world music with jazz: Sun Ra and Yusef Lateef. As a member of Sun Ra's "Arkestra" he appeared in the film Space Is the Place.[1]
Humphries played on the Giant Steps sessions with John Coltrane. The alternate versions of "Giant Steps", "Naima", and "Like Sonny" that he and Cedar Walton recorded with Coltrane were first released in 1974. He was also the first drummer in the Jazztet, appearing on their first album, Meet the Jazztet, in 1960.
He died in Philadelphia in 1994, aged 57. The cause of death was undisclosed, but according to fellow drummer Mickey Roker, he was distraught in his later years due to marital problems and being separated from his son.[2]
Discography
As sideman
With Donald Byrd
- Fuego (1959)
- Byrd in Flight (1960)
- At the Half Note Cafe (1963)
- A New Perspective (1963)
With John Coltrane
- Alternate Takes
- The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
With Art Farmer and Benny Golson
- Meet the Jazztet (Argo, 1960)
With Dizzy Gillespie
- The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie (Verve, 1959)
- Have Trumpet, Will Excite! (Verve, 1959)
With John Handy
- No Coast Jazz (Roulette, 1960)
With Freddie Hubbard
- Minor Mishap (Black Lion, 1989)
With Yusef Lateef
- The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef (Riverside, 1960)
- The Centaur and the Phoenix (Riverside, 1960)
- Eastern Sounds (Prestige, 1961)
- Jazz 'Round the World (Impulse!, 1963)
With Junior Mance
- Junior (Verve, 1959)
With Wes Montgomery
- SO Much Guitar! (1961)
With Duke Pearson
- Profile (1959)
- Tender Feelin's (1959)
- Angel Eyes (1961)
- Dedication! (1961)
With Sonny Red
- Images (Jazzland, 1962)
With Sonny Stitt
- Rearin' Back (Argo, 1962)
With Sun Ra
- It's After the End of the World (MPS, 1970)
- Black Myth/Out in Space (Motor Music, 1970 [1998])
- Space Is the Place (soundtrack) (Evidence, 1972 [1993])
- Space Is the Place (Impulse!, 1973)
With Leon Thomas
- Leon Thomas in Berlin (Flying Dutchman, 1971) with Oliver Nelson
With McCoy Tyner
- Nights of Ballads & Blues (1963)
With Doug Watkins
- Soulnik (New Jazz, 1960)
References
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Arkestra members
- John Gilmore
- Julian Priester
- Pat Patrick
- Charles Davis
- Victor Sproles
- Marshall Allen
- Ronnie Boykins
- James Spaulding
- Phil Cohran
- Clifford Jarvis
- Lex Humphries
- Michael Ray
- June Tyson
- Ahmed Abdullah
- Danny Ray Thompson
- Jazz by Sun Ra
- Super-Sonic Jazz
- Sound of Joy
- Visits Planet Earth
- The Nubians of Plutonia
- Jazz in Silhouette
- Sound Sun Pleasure!!
- Interstellar Low Ways
- Fate in a Pleasant Mood
- Holiday for Soul Dance
- Angels and Demons at Play
- We Travel the Space Ways
- The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra
- Bad and Beautiful
- Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow
- Secrets of the Sun
- When Sun Comes Out
- Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy
- When Angels Speak of Love
- Other Planes of There
- The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume One
- The Magic City
- The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume Two
- Strange Strings
- Monorails and Satellites
- Atlantis
- Space Is the Place (soundtrack)
- Space Is The Place
- Pathways to Unknown Worlds
- Cosmos
- Deep Purple
- Some Blues But Not the Kind That's Blue
- New Steps
- Other Voices, Other Blues
- Visions
- Lanquidity
- Sleeping Beauty
- Strange Celestial Road
- Reflections in Blue
- Hours After
- Blue Delight
- Somewhere Else
- Purple Night
- Mayan Temples
- Featuring Pharoah Sanders & Black Harold
- Nothing Is
- Nuits de la Fondation Maeght
- It's After the End of the World
- Black Myth/Out in Space
- Live in Egypt 1
- Nidhamu
- Horizon
- Live In Montreux
- Unity
- Live from Soundscape
- I, Pharaoh
- Sunrise in Different Dimensions
- Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion
- Thunder of the Gods