Bob Badgley

Bob "Badge" Badgley (born June 23, 1928 in Detroit as Robert L. Badgley , † February 24, 2012 in Las Vegas ) was an American jazz musician ( double bass , valve trombone ).

Live and act

Badgley took piano lessons at the age of six and later played the trombone. During his studies at the Cass Tech University of Music in his hometown, he switched to the double bass. During his military service in the US Army, he was stationed in West Berlin from 1946 to 1953 , where he led the 298th Army Band , in which u. a. young Chet Baker also played. After an engagement in the 22nd Army Band in San Francisco, he worked as a trombonist in the sextet of Virgil Gonsalves in the 1950s . Then he started in the Los Angeles area a . a. worked with Dizzy Gillespie , Maynard Ferguson and Oscar Peterson and was a member of the groups of Tommy Gumina , Dick Stabile, Bobby Troup and Matty Matlock there in the late 1960s .

In 1971, on the recommendation of Julie London , Badgley moved to Las Vegas , where he worked in hotels such as the Riviera , the Las Vegas Hilton and Caesars Palace . In the late 1960s he went on a world tour with Julie Andrews . He also played in the backing band of Joe Williams , with which recordings for Verve Records were made. He also accompanied Frank Sinatra at concerts in Las Vegas, Tahoe and Atlantic City. Further recordings were made with pianist Dan Skea ( Full Circle ). In the early 1990s he taught at the invitation of Frank Gagliardi at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas . In 1994 he presented the album Covering All the Bass-es , and in 2002 the trio album Tranquility .

literature

• Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .

Web links

• Bob Badgley at Allmusic (English)
• Bob Badgley at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Obituary (English)
2. ↑ Review of the album Covering All the Bass-es on Allmusic (English). Retrieved May 31, 2012.