Edgar Melvin Sampson (October 31, 1907 – January 16, 1973),[1] nicknamed "The Lamb",[2] was an American jazz composer, arranger, saxophonist, and violinist.
Born in New York City,[1] Sampson began his professional career in 1924 with a violin piano duo with Joe Colman.
Through the rest of the 1920s and early 1930s, Sampson played with many bands, including those of Charlie "Fess" Johnson, Duke Ellington, Rex Stewart and Fletcher Henderson.
It during his period with Webb that Sampson created his most enduring work as a composer, writing "Stompin' at the Savoy" and "Don't Be That Way".
[citation needed] His daughter, Grace Sampson, studied music and co-wrote the standard "Mambo Inn" with Mario Bauzá and Bobby Woodlen.