Buddy Cole

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Edwin LeMar "Buddy" Cole (born December 15, 1916 in Irving (Illinois) , † November 5, 1964 in Los Angeles ) was an American musician ( piano , celesta , organ ) and orchestra conductor who was both involved in swing as also worked in other popular music and for the film studios.

Life

Cole began his musical career in movie theaters as a pause pianist before he moved to Hollywood and played in various swing bands, as in the big band of Alvino Rey , emerged with the first around 1940 shots. He then worked as a studio musician . In 1944 he appeared in Los Angeles with Jazz at the Philharmonic , where he a. a. starred with Shorty Sherock , Bumps Myers , Joe Thomas , Red Callender , Russell Jacquet , Corky Corcoran , Jack McVea and Les Paul . In the same year he accompanied the latter on trio / quartet recordings for Circle Records . In the 1940s he also worked with Eddie South / Frank DeVol , Mel Tormé , Billy May , Peggy Lee , Dan Grissom , Johnny Mercer / Paul Weston , Hoagy Carmichael , Dave Barbour , Ella Mae Morse , Stan Hasselgard and Nat King Cole , in the following decade with Louis Armstrong , June Christy / Pete Rugolo , Harry James , Ella Fitzgerald , Ray Anthony , The Four Freshmen , Johnnie Ray , Doris Day , Frankie Laine , Rosemary Clooney and Tutti Camarata . Cole was close friends with Bing Crosby , on whose hits "In a Little Spanish Town" and " Ol 'Man River " he participated. Cole put together a jazz combo for the Crosby LPs Some Fine Old Chestnuts (1955) and New Tricks (1957) for Decca Records .

In the 1950s, Cole recorded a number of easy-listening LPs under his own name for Columbia and Warner Bros. with titles such as Organ Moods In Hi-Fi, Have Organ, Will Swing and Pipes and Chimes of Christmas . In the field of pop and film music , he also worked with Henry Mancini , who used his Hammond organ sound in the soundtrack of the television series Mr. Lucky . In the field of jazz he was involved in 113 recording sessions from 1940. Cole died of a heart attack shortly after the 20th Century Fox film The Sound of Music was recorded .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A Bing Crosby Discography in JazzDiscography.com
  2. ↑ On his Warner album Swing Fever (1960) he played with Red Callender , Jack Costanzo , Vince Terry , Alvin Stoller , Lou Singer , Milt Holland .
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 6, 2014)
personal data
SURNAME Cole, buddy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cole, Edwin LeMar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician (piano, celesta, organ) and orchestra leader
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Irving (Illinois)
DATE OF DEATH 5th November 1964
Place of death los Angeles