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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Complete Jazz Series 1946
Jazz - Erschienen bei Complete Jazz Series am 09.02.2009
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Bud Freeman Selected Favorites Volume 3
Jazz - Erschienen bei Charly Records am 20.06.2006
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Chicago Styled, Vol. 1
Jazz - Erschienen bei CoolNote am 01.03.2011
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The Bud Freeman Group
Jazz - Erschienen bei CoolNote am 09.08.2021
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Chicago/Austin High School Jazz In Hi-Fi
Jazz - Erschienen bei CoolNote am 01.12.2014
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Historical Jazz Recordings: 1945-1946
Jazz - Erschienen bei Historical Jazz am 01.08.2015
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Historical Jazz Recordings: 1928-1940
Jazz - Erschienen bei Historical Jazz am 01.08.2015
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Bud Freeman - The Lugano Recordings Jazz Collection
Jazz - Erschienen bei Lugano Recordings am 04.09.2015
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Dixieland Classics!
Jazz - Erschienen bei Jazz Essential am 24.07.2017
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Bud Freeman: All Star Swing Session Feat. Shorty Baker
Jazz - Erschienen bei Blue Velvet am 12.07.2016
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The One and Only: Bud Freeman (Remastered)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Kateland am 18.03.2014
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Jazz Side Story (A Timeless Jazz Recordings)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Jazz Side Story am 25.02.2014
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Chicago / Austin High School Jazz in Hi-Fi (Bonus Track Version)
Jazz - Erschienen bei The Jazz Corner am 03.02.2014
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