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Jazz. Occupation (s) Musician. Instrument (s) Tenor saxophone, clarinet, C melody saxophone. Years active. 1920s – 1980s. Lawrence " Bud " Freeman (April 13, 1906 – March 15, 1991) [1] was an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer, known mainly for playing tenor saxophone, but also the clarinet.
Apr 9, 2024 · Bud Freeman was an American jazz musician, who, along with Coleman Hawkins, was one of the first tenor saxophonists in jazz. Freeman was one of the young musicians inspired by New Orleans ensembles and the innovations of Louis Armstrong to synthesize the Chicago style in the late 1920s.
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Feb 16, 2004 · Lawrence "Bud" Freeman was known mainly for playing the tenor saxophone, but also able at the clarinet. His smooth and full tenor sax style with a heavy robust swing was the only strong alternative to Coleman Hawkins' harder toned approach, until the arrival of Lester Young whom Freeman had allegedly influenced [1] (although Young himself denied this, citing Frank Trumbauer as his main influence).
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Lawrence (Bud) Freeman, a leading tenor saxophonist, died yesterday at the Warren Barr Pavilion, a nursing home in Chicago. He was 84 years old. A spokeswoman for the nursing home said that he had ...
Mar 15, 1991 · Unique, improvisational jazz saxophonist of many big bands, considered by many an equal of Coleman Hawkins on the tenor. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1920s - 1980s. Born. April 13, 1906 in Chicago, IL. Died. March 15, 1991 in Chicago, IL.
Learn about Bud Freeman, one of the most influential jazz tenor-saxophonists in the Big Band era. He played with Red Nichols, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, and Eddie Condon, and wrote the ballad \"Zen Is When\".
