Bobby Burgess
Bobby Burgess (born October 4, 1929 in Centralia (Illinois) as Robert Dean Burgess , † June 9, 1997 in Denton (Texas) ) was an American jazz musician ( trombone , arrangements ) and big band leader.
Live and act
As a child, Burgess took trombone lessons from well-known teachers; he won many competitions before he began playing professionally at age 13, before graduating from college. He worked for Sam Donahue in 1947 before graduating from North Texas State University with a bachelor's degree. In 1949 he went on tour with Louis Jordan and worked for Stan Kenton , Maynard Ferguson , Charlie Barnet , Woody Herman and Shorty Rogers for the next few years . There were also recordings with Chet Baker , Herbie Fields , Frank Sinatra and Mel Tormé .
Burgess continued to play with Sarah Vaughan , Billy Eckstine , Ella Fitzgerald , Terry Gibbs , but also in television and Broadway shows before moving to Germany in 1972. There he worked with Erwin Lehn (until 1978, from 1981) and Paul Kuhn / SFB Big Band (1978 to 1981), but also recorded with Keith Jarrett , Joe Haider , Francy Boland , Peter Herbolzheimer and Dusko Goykovich . In 1987 he played with Freddie Hubbard's "Satchmo Legacy" . In 1985 he founded his "Big Band Explosion" with South German musicians, which also performed with Don Menza and Claudio Roditi . Klaus Graf and Steffen Schorn continued to lead the orchestra after Burgess accepted a position as a professor at the University of North Texas .
literature
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Volume 1: A – L (= rororo-Sachbuch. Vol. 16512). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16512-0 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burgess, Bobby |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burgess, Robert Dean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Centralia (Illinois) |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1997 |
| Place of death | Denton (Texas) |