Lawrence "Bud" Freeman (April 13, 1906 – March 15,
1991) was an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer, known mainly for
playing the tenor saxophone, but also able at the clarinet. He had a smooth and
full tenor sax style with a heavy robust swing. He was one of the most
influential and important jazz tenor saxophonists of the big band era. His
major recordings were "The Eel", "Tillie's Downtown Now",
"Crazeology", "The Buzzard", and "After Awhile",
composed with Benny Goodman.
One of the original members of the Austin High School Gang
which began in 1922, Freeman played the C melody saxophone alongside his other
band members such as Jimmy McPartland and Frank Teschemacher before switching
to tenor saxophone two years later. Influenced by artists like the New Orleans
Rhythm Kings and Louis Armstrong from the South, they would begin to formulate
their own style, becoming part of the emerging Chicago Style of jazz.
In 1927, he moved to New York, where he worked as a session
musician and band member with Red Nichols, Roger Wolfe Kahn, Ben Pollack, Joe
Venuti, among others. One of his most notable performances was a solo on Eddie
Condon's 1933 recording, The Eel, which then became Freeman's nickname (for his
long snake-like improvisations).
Freeman played with Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra (1936–1938) as
well as for a short time Benny Goodman's band in 1938 before forming his own
band, the Summa Cum Laude Orchestra (1939–1940). Freeman joined the US Army
during World War II, and headed a US Army band in the Aleutian Islands.
Bud & Duke Ellington '39 |
He was a member of the World's Greatest Jazz Band in 1969
and 1970, and occasionally thereafter. In 1974, he moved to England where he
made numerous recordings and performances, as he did
also in Europe.
also in Europe.
Later in the decade Freeman spent some time on the Isle of
Man during part of which he was the guest of well known Manx jazz musician and
broadcaster, Jim Caine. Recounted as a keen devotee of the game Scrabble, as
well as a fervent Anglophile, this resulted in Freeman having a nickname
bestowed on him by the Caine family, becoming known as the "Anglo
Saxophonist."
In addition to this, Freeman presented one of his coats to a
son of Jim Caine. Still in the possession of the Caine family, the garment is
referred to with affection as the "Bud Coat." He released two memoirs
You Don't Look Like a Musician (1974) and If You Know of a Better Life, Please
Tell Me (1976), and wrote an autobiography with Robert Wolf, Crazeology (1989).
Returning to Chicago in 1980, he continued to work into his eighties.
until his death on March 15, 1991. He was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall
of Fame in 1992. (Info edited from
Wikipedia)
Bud Freeman (ts), Oscar Klein (guitar), Lino Patruno (bass)
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For “Bud Freeman [1939-1940] “ go here:
https://www.sendspace.com/file/yoszoo
1. I've Found A New Baby
2. Easy To Get
3. China Boy
4. The Eel
5. As Long A I Live
6. The Sail Fish
7. Sunday
8. Satanic Blues
9. Oh Baby
10. I Need Some Pettin
11. Susie
12. Big Boy
13. Sensation
14. Fidgety Feet
15. Tia Juana
16. Copenhagen
17. Jack Hits The Road
18. Forty-Seven And State
19. Muskrat Ramble
20. That Da-Da Strain
21. Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble
22. At The Jazz Band Ball
23. After Awhile
24. Prince Of Wails
For “Bud Freeman • Esq” (1966) go here:
https://www.sendspace.com/file/gmwwfz
1 Sweet Sue
2 Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
3 Indian Summer
4 Higgins Said No!
5 Mean To Me
6 Tea For Two
7 You Took Advantage Of Me
8 Dinah
9 The Eel
10 Sunday
11 I Could Write A Book
12 I Got Rhythm
Credits
Bass – Spike Heatley
Drums – Tony Crombie
Engineer – Peter Olliff
Piano – Dick Katz
Producer – Terry Brown
Sleeve Notes – Max Jones
Tenor Saxophone – Bud Freeman
Released: 1966
A big than you to Egroj World for original link
for above album.
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