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Bud Freeman

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Biography

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When Bud Freeman first matured, his was the only strong alternative approach on the tenor to the harder-toned style of Coleman Hawkins and he was an inspiration for Lester Young. Freeman, one of the top tenors of the 1930s, was also one of the few saxophonists (along with the slightly later Eddie Miller) to be accepted in the Dixieland world, and his oddly angular but consistently swinging solos were an asset to a countless number of hot sessions.

Freeman, excited (as were the other members of the Austin High School Gang in Chicago) by the music of the New Orleans Rhythm Kings, took up the C-melody sax in 1923, switching to tenor two years later. It took him time to develop his playing, which was still pretty primitive in 1927 when he made his recording debut with the McKenzie-Condon Chicagoans. Freeman moved to New York later that year and worked with Red Nichols' Five Pennies, Roger Wolfe Kahn, Ben Pollack, Joe Venuti, Gene Kardos, and others. He starred on Eddie Condon's memorable 1933 recording "The Eel." After stints with Joe Haymes and Ray Noble, Freeman was a star with Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra and Clambake Seven (1936-1938) before having a short unhappy stint with Benny Goodman (1938). He led his short-lived but legendary Summe Cum Laude Orchestra (1939-1940) which was actually an octet, spent two years in the military, and then from 1945 on, alternated between being a bandleader and working with Eddie Condon's freewheeling Chicago jazz groups. Freeman traveled the world, made scores of fine recordings, and stuck to the same basic style that he had developed by the mid-'30s (untouched by a brief period spent studying with Lennie Tristano). Bud Freeman was with the World's Greatest Jazz Band (1968-1971), lived in London in the late '70s, and ended up back where he started, in Chicago. He was active into his eighties, and a strong sampling of his recordings are currently available on CD.

Title: Memories of You

Artist: Bud Freeman

Genre: Jazz

Title: Chicago Styled

Artist: Bud Freeman

Genre: Jazz

Title: The Atomic Era

Artist: Bud Freeman

Genre: Jazz

Title: Blue Room

Artist: Bud Freeman

Genre: Jazz

Title: I Could Write A Book

Artist: Bud Freeman

Genre: Jazz

Title: Comes Jazz

Artist: Bud Freeman

Genre: Jazz

Title: A Chance On Love

Artist: Bud Freeman

Genre: Jazz

Title: Meet Me in San Juan

Artist: Bud Freeman

Genre: Jazz, Latin

Title: 1945-1946 (Live)

Artist: Bud Freeman

Genre: Jazz

Title: Three's No Crowd

Artist: Bud Freeman

Genre: Jazz

Title: 1946 (Live)

Artist: Bud Freeman

Genre: Jazz

Title: Exactly Like You

Artist: Bud Freeman

Genre: Jazz

Title: Superbud

Artist: Bud Freeman, Keith Ingram

Genre: Jazz

Title: Easy To Get

Artist: Bud Freeman

Genre: Jazz

Collections

Title: Mad Men

Genre: Jazz

Title: Jazz Gems

Genre: Jazz

Title: Vintage Jazz

Genre: Jazz

Title: Two 4 Jazz

Genre: Jazz

Title: The Jazzman

Genre: Jazz

Title: The Jazz Saxophone

Genre: Jazz

Title: Chicago Jazz

Genre: Jazz

Title: A Taste Of 1938

Genre: Jazz

Featuring albums

Title: Eddie Condon

Artist: Eddie Condon

Genre: Jazz

Title: Can't Help Lovin' That Man

Artist: Various

Genre: Pop

Title: Jazz Singers

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Jazz

Title: Tophits 1940-1945

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Jazz

Title: 1928-1938 (Live)

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Jazz

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