Lex Humphries is well known for working with Sun Ra and Yusef Lateef. He played on John Coltran's "Giant Steps". He was the first drummer for "the Jazztet" and on their first album "Meet the Jazztet" in 1960.

He played and recorded with Donald Byrd, John Coltrane (3 albums albums), Art Farmer, Benny Golson, Gillespie, John Handy, Freddie Hubbard, Yusef Lateef (4 albums), Junior Mance, Wes Montgomery, Duke Pearson, Sonny Red, Sonny Stitt, Sun Ra (4 albums), Leon Thomas, McCoy Tyner, Doug Watkins, and others.

He's another great drummer who plays with taste and feeling. This is Lex playing the song "Lex" with Duke Pearson (p), Freddie Hubbard (tp), Willie Wilson (tb), Pepper Adams (Br Sax), and Thomas Howard (b).