ArtistInfo

Cliff Leeman

dr, 1913-1986 US, Portland, Maine
Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. Clifford Leeman

Cliff Leeman (September 10, 1913 - April 26, 1986) was an American jazz drummer.Leeman, born in Portland, Maine 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.

Instruments

• Drums
• Percussion

Genres

• Jazz
• Pop
• Soundtrack

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