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Nov 17, 2022 · John “Bud” Charles Freeman crossed over peacefully surrounded by family in his home on Sunday, November 6, 2022. The consummate romantic joined his beloved Beverly on the anniversary of their meeting 59 years ago. Bud was born on Saturday, July 15, 1939, in Spokane, Washington to Evelyn and Harold Freeman.
Apr 9, 2024 · March 15, 1991, Chicago (aged 84) Bud Freeman (born April 13, 1906, Chicago, Ill., U.S.—died March 15, 1991, Chicago) 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 ...
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Jun 16, 2020 · By 1930, Bud had formed an original, unmannered style of tenor sax, free of “novelty” effects and with a distinctive Jazz timbre; as the first white saxophonist to do this he is often compared with his black contemporary Coleman Hawkins.
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Bud Freeman. 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. [2] Biography. In 1922, Freeman and some friends from high school formed the Austin High School Gang. [1] .
Jun 30, 2020 · Scott Yanow. June 30, 2020. Profiles In Jazz. Bud Freeman, Johnny Hodges, and Chu Berry. The tenor-saxophone took a little while to be accepted in jazz. Unlike the alto-sax and C-melody which were considered lead instruments, the tenor did not begin becoming significant until at least 1923 when Coleman Hawkins debuted with the Fletcher ...
Mar 16, 1991 · 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...
Bud Freeman was one of the most in-demand sidemen on record sessions in the 1930's - here he is featured extensively with Bunny Berigan (with Forrest Crawford, Chick Bullock), Gene Gifford (with Berigan, Matty Matlock, Claude Thornhill, Morey Samuels), Wingy Manone (with Dicky Wells, Teddy Wilson, M…
