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Lawrence "Bud" Freeman (April 13, 1906 – March 15, 1991) 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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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".
Lawrence (Bud) Freeman, a leading tenor saxophonist, died yesterday at the Warren Barr Pavilion, a nursing home in Chicago. He was 84 years old.
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Feb 16, 2004 · Jazz musician Bud Freeman's bio, concert & touring information, albums, reviews, videos, photos and more.
Jun 30, 2020 · Bud Freeman was more at home in settings where he was a soloist. His session of Dec. 4, 1935, which found him leading a sextet that included trumpeter Bunny Berigan and Eddie Condon, was more to his liking, resulting in four hot performances including “ Tillie’s Downtown Now ” and “ The Buzzard .”
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