Bud Freeman

For other people with a similar name see Lawrence Friedman (disambiguation)

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.

Birth and Death Data: Born April 13, 1906 (Chicago), Died March 15, 1991 (Chicago)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1927 - 1962

Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor saxophone, saxophone, leader, clarinet, director, composer, songwriter, vocalist

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Recordings (Results 101-125 of 193 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Columbia W265146 10-in. 10/2/1933 Sweet Lorraine Joe Venuti's Blue Six instrumentalist, tenor saxophone  
Columbia W265147 10-in. 10/2/1933 Doin' the uptown lowdown Joe Venuti's Blue Six instrumentalist, tenor saxophone  
Columbia W265148 10-in. 10/2/1933 Jazz me blues Joe Venuti's Blue Six instrumentalist, tenor saxophone  
Columbia W265149 10-in. 10/2/1933 In de ruff Joe Venuti's Blue Six instrumentalist, tenor saxophone  
OKeh W82030 10-in. 12/8/1927 Sugar McKenzie and Condon's Chicagoans Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, tenor saxophone  
OKeh W82031 10-in. 12/8/1927 China boy McKenzie and Condon's Chicagoans Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, tenor saxophone  
OKeh W82082 10-in. 12/16/1927 Nobody's sweetheart McKenzie and Condon's Chicagoans Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, tenor saxophone  
OKeh W82083 10-in. 12/16/1927 Liza McKenzie and Condon's Chicagoans Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, tenor saxophone  
OKeh W402151 10-in. 12/3/1928 Craze-ology Bud Freeman Orchestra Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, composer, leader  
OKeh W402152 10-in. 12/3/1928 Can't help lovin' dat man Bud Freeman Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, leader  
OKeh W402222 10-in. 12/3/1928 I ain't gonna give nobody none o' this jelly roll Bud Freeman Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo leader  
OKeh W402223 10-in. 12/3/1928 [Unknown title(s)] Bud Freeman Orchestra Jazz/dance band leader  
Brunswick C2292 10-in. 9/4/1928 Downright disgusted Club Royale Orchestra ; Wingy Manone Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Decca 60190 10-in. 12/4/1935 What is there to say? Bud Freeman and his Windy City Five instrumentalist, clarinet, tenor saxophone  
Decca 60191 10-in. 12/4/1935 The buzzard Bud Freeman and his Windy City Five instrumentalist, clarinet, tenor saxophone  
Decca 60192 10-in. 12/4/1935 Tillie's downtown now Bud Freeman and his Windy City Five instrumentalist, clarinet, tenor saxophone  
Decca 60193 10-in. 12/4/1935 Keep smilin' at trouble Bud Freeman and his Windy City Five instrumentalist, clarinet, tenor saxophone  
Decca 66072 10-in. 8/11/1939 There'll be some changes made Eddie Condon instrumentalist, tenor saxophone  
Decca 66073 10-in. 8/11/1939 Nobody's sweetheart Eddie Condon instrumentalist, tenor saxophone  
Decca 66074 10-in. 8/11/1939 Friar's point shuffle Eddie Condon instrumentalist, tenor saxophone  
Decca 66075 10-in. 8/11/1939 Someday sweetheart Eddie Condon instrumentalist, tenor saxophone  
Decca 66603 10-in. 9/18/1939 As long as I live Bud Freeman instrumentalist, tenor saxophone  
Decca 66604 10-in. 9/18/1939 The sail fish Bud Freeman instrumentalist, tenor saxophone  
Decca 66605 10-in. 9/18/1939 Sunday Bud Freeman instrumentalist, tenor saxophone  
Decca 66606 10-in. 9/18/1939 Satanic blues Bud Freeman instrumentalist, tenor saxophone  
(Results 101-125 of 193 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Freeman, Bud," accessed June 2, 2023, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101975.

Freeman, Bud. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved June 2, 2023, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101975.

"Freeman, Bud." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2023. Web. 2 June 2023.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101975

External Sources

Wikipedia: Bud Freeman

Discogs: Bud Freeman

Allmusic: Bud Freeman

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Freeman, Bud, 1906-1991 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50026374

Wikidata: Bud Freeman - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q711163

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/12491353

MusicBrainz: Bud Freeman - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/69385710-666e-4694-9041-2bc5213195bb

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