== Data == '''Born:''' "Leon Abramson", New York City, USA. Note there is some controversy regarding his year of birth - possibly confusion with his brother (1920 vs 1925) '''Died:''' New York City, USA '''Active:''' 40s-60s '''Instruments:''' Drums == Biography == '''Lee''' started his career with [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/58234c8b-954e-4617-9c7e-4a8712f41a23.html|Roy Eldridge] (1946), followed by a two years stunt into a military formation. Back in New York, he played with [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/5c8cb181-38fe-4300-8153-650b2ed0258f.html|Coleman Hawkins], [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/33e50556-d4be-421b-a5d1-644bd536ec07.html|Jay Jay Johnson], [|Eddie Heywood], then [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/ad248993-817e-4e86-a267-000b19b8820c.html|Andy Kirk] (1949) with his brother. Eventually seen with [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/defbbe54-02dd-4df1-a5b7-31724ff02133.html|Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis] (1950), [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/15ab8bb8-7348-4377-ab73-b7acdad1459c.html|Illinois Jacquet] (1951-1952), [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/d3f9352c-18e2-47a0-802c-13d821490e42.html|Wynton Kelly] (1951), [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/28f6d494-d44b-4bd3-aed9-1d4909875ca1.html|Oscar Pettiford] (1952-1953), [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/3f95b7c3-deba-4698-b12d-596d83c907e5.html|Al Haig], and [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/18288a13-0259-4a44-a9dc-558229fbfdd2.html|Duke Jordan] (1954), he then gradually disappeared from the scene during the 60s.