Bud Freeman
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.
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Jazzmeeting in Holland
Bud Freeman, Ted Easton's Jazzband
Jazz - Released by Circle on 1 mei 2015
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Complete Jazz Series 1946
Jazz - Released by Complete Jazz Series on 9 feb. 2009
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Bud Freeman Selected Favorites Volume 3
Jazz - Released by Charly Records on 20 jun. 2006
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Chicago Styled, Vol. 1
Jazz - Released by CoolNote on 1 mrt. 2011
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The Bud Freeman Group
Jazz - Released by CoolNote on 9 aug. 2021
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Chicago/Austin High School Jazz In Hi-Fi
Jazz - Released by CoolNote on 1 dec. 2014
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Historical Jazz Recordings: 1945-1946
Jazz - Released by Historical Jazz on 1 aug. 2015
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Historical Jazz Recordings: 1928-1940
Jazz - Released by Historical Jazz on 1 aug. 2015
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Bud Freeman - The Lugano Recordings Jazz Collection
Jazz - Released by Lugano Recordings on 4 sep. 2015
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Dixieland Classics!
Jazz - Released by Jazz Essential on 24 jul. 2017
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Bud Freeman: All Star Swing Session Feat. Shorty Baker
Jazz - Released by Blue Velvet on 12 jul. 2016
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The One and Only: Bud Freeman (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Kateland on 18 mrt. 2014
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Jazz Side Story (A Timeless Jazz Recordings)
Jazz - Released by Jazz Side Story on 25 feb. 2014
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Chicago / Austin High School Jazz in Hi-Fi (Bonus Track Version)
Jazz - Released by The Jazz Corner on 3 feb. 2014
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