Buddy Childers
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Marion "Buddy" Childers (born February 12, 1926 in St. Louis , Missouri , † May 24, 2007 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American big band jazz trumpeter.
biography
Childers taught himself the trumpet at age 12 and joined the St. Louis Musicians' Union at 14. He became known when he became lead trumpet player in Stan Kenton's band when he was only 16 , even before he graduated from high school. In his own words, he had Harry James and Corky Corcoran as role models, who had their first big band engagements in a "name" band at a similar young age. He became lead trumpeter after Kenton fired three trumpeters who paused playing. But the position at Kenton was so exhausting that he, like Al Porcino , collapsed on stage once. He was with Kenton with interruptions from 1942 to 1954. In between he played with André Previn , Benny Carter , Les Brown , Vido Musso , Woody Herman (1949), Charlie Barnet (1950) and in 1951 with Tommy Dorsey . In 1952 he worked on Stan Kenton's album New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm . He then played with Georgie Auld and again with Barnet, then worked as a freelancer in Los Angeles and from 1959 to 1966 in Las Vegas .
After that he was a studio musician in Los Angeles until the 1980s. In the late 1970s he played in the Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band, and from 1983 he was the musical director of Frank Sinatra . In Los Angeles he also had his own big band in the 1980s and 1990s, with which he made recordings for Candid Records, and was also successful as a photographer. Childers had been a follower of the Baha'i religion since 1982 . He suffered from cancer for the last ten years of his life, but played in a wheelchair until a year before he died.
Discography
- SAM Songs (( Fresh Sound Records , 1955/56) with Herbie Steward , Arnold Ross , Harry Babasin )
- Just Buddy's (Candid, 1983/84)
- West Coast Quintet (Candid, 1994)
- It's What's Happening Now (Candid, 1996)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jazz Professional - Buddy Childers - Big Band lead trumpet playing ( Memento of the original from February 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Jazz Professional - Buddy Childers - Head Arrangements ( Memento of the original from October 18, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
literature
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Childers, buddy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Childers, Marion |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American big band jazz trumpeter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Louis , Missouri |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 24, 2007 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California |