Buddy Wise
Robert "Buddy" Wise (born February 20, 1928 in Topeka , † July 5, 1955 in Las Vegas ) was an American jazz musician ( tenor saxophone ) of the late swing era.
Wise played in popular big bands from the 1940s, at the age of 17 with Mal Hallett , with whom the first recordings were made in 1944 ("Boston Tea Party", V-Disc ). From October 1945 he worked with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra , from 1950 with Woody Herman and His Orchestra in his Third Hearth and 1951/52 with Ray Anthony . Together with Virgil Gonsalves , with whose sextet the last recordings were made in Los Angeles at the end of September 1954, Wise presented the 78 record Love Me or Leave Me . In the field of jazz he was involved in 89 recording sessions between 1944 and 1954. During this time he also took part in the recordings of Nat King Cole . Buddy Wise died in Las Vegas in July 1955 at the age of 27.
Web links
- Buddy Wise at Allmusic (English)
- Buddy Wise at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Birthday list (Jazz Link Enterprises)
- ↑ As early as 1944, the jazz critic George T. Simon pointed to the extraordinary talent of the young musician with Mal Hallett in the Metronome; see. The Record Changer, Volume 3 . G. Gullickson, 1944
- ↑ Bruce Crowther: Gene Krupa: His Life & Times . Omnibus Press, 2012.
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 13, 2017)
- ↑ Jazz Monthly, Issues 158-166. Jazz Monthly, 1968
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wise, buddy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wise, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Topeka |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th July 1955 |
| Place of death | Las Vegas |