Buddy Clark

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Buddy Clark (* 10. July 1929 in Kenosha , Wisconsin as Walter Clark Jr. , † 8. June 1999 in Mission Hills , California ) was an American jazz - bassist and arranger .

Clark, who first learned the piano and trombone, turned to the double bass in high school . He studied at the Chicago Music College in 1948/49 , where he played in the groups of Bud Freeman and Bill Russo in the early 1950s ; from 1951 to 1954 he toured with Tex Beneke . In 1954 he moved to Los Angeles , worked at Les Brown , with whom he went on tour in 1955/56, as well as Conte Candoli ( The Five , 1955), Sonny Criss (1956), Red Norvo , Dave Pell and Joanne Grauer . In 1958 he performed with Med Flory at the Monterey Jazz Festival ; the following year he went on a European tour with Jimmy Giuffre . In the early 1960s he was a member of the Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band ; in the 60s he was otherwise mostly active as a studio musician; he also accompanied the singer Peggy Lee . In the early 1970s he founded the Supersax formation with Med Flory ; Clark provided the arrangements for Charlie Parker titles such as “Parker's Mood”, “ Lover Man ”, “Ko-Ko” and Dizzy Gillespie'sA Night in Tunisia ”. At the end of 1975 he fell out with Flory and left the band. Buddy Clark has also worked on recordings for Terry Gibbs , Johnny Hodges , Barney Kessel , Herbie Mann , Gerry Mulligan , Lennie Niehaus , Anita O'Day and Sonny Stitt . After leaving Supersax , Clark largely withdrew from the music scene.

The bassist should not be confused with the American singer of the same name, who was popular in the 1940s.

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