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Bud Freeman
real name Lawrence E. Freeman
Chicago, United States · 1906-04-13 – 1991-03-15
Bud Freeman is credited on 1,360 releases across 380 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2021 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,360
Credits
380
Albums
8
Decades active
251
In collections
Biography
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US jazz tenor saxophonist and clarinetist.
Born 13 April 1906 in Chicago, Illinois.
Died 15 March 1991 in the same city.
Freeman started on C melody saxophone in 1923. In 1925 he switched to tenor saxophone. He was one of the most influential jazz tenorists of the swing era.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,360 releases · 380 albums · active 1950–2021
- Performance · 2,105
- Other credits · 100
- Production · 1
Studios: Newport Jazz Festival · Stea-Phillips · Shrine Auditorium · WOR Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
At Folsom Prison
1968
Jazz Impressions Of Japan
1964
At Folsom Prison And San Quentin
1974
Everybody Loves A Nut
1966
This Is The Big Band Era
1971
My Funny Valentine
1994
Yes Indeed!
1956
Gene Krupa
1955
Jazz Sampler
1955
The Glenn Miller Story
1954
Lady Day (The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia) (1933-1944)
2001
Love God Murder
2000
Cotton Club Stars
1984
The Commodore Years
1973
Extra!
1969
The Columbia Studio Albums Collection 1955-1966
2012
Re/Search: Incredibly Strange Music, Volume I
1993
Great Original Performances 1924-1930
1986
Chicago
1984
Newport Jazz Festival: Live (Unreleased Highlights From 1956, 1958, 1963)
1982
The Guitarists
1980
History Of Jazz
1978
Good News
1973
A Jazz Holiday
1973
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