Dennis Budimir

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Dennis Matthew Budimir (born June 20, 1938 in Los Angeles ) is an American jazz guitarist who has been active since the 1950s.

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Budimir initially played in the groups of Ken Hanna , Keith Williams and Harry James . In 1958 he replaced John Pisano in the Chico Hamilton quintet . From 1960 he was part of the Bud Shank combo . He later released four LPs under his own name for the Californian label Revelation Records and developed into a sought-after studio musician who worked with artists from Randy Newman to Peggy Lee and who was involved in the music of hundreds of films.

The accompaniment for the singer Peggy Lee in 1960 and the encounter with Gary Peacock in the Bud Shank Quartet-Quintet were something of a carte blanche ; Bud Shank gave Dennis Budimir the space and time to develop his own ideas in long club sessions. In 1961 he had to do his military service; Budimir was stationed in Germany, where he a. a. played with Benny Bailey . When he returned to the United States in 1963, the music business had changed. The clubs closed and the time of the small independent jazz labels such as B. Revelation Records in Los Angeles.

Budimir recorded a total of four albums under his own name; together with Gary Foster , Alone Together was created , which was based on Lee Konitz and his collaboration with Billy Bauer . A Second Coming with Gary Peacock contained recordings from 1961 and 1963. Sprung Free (released in 1968) also contains recordings from the same years. Session with Albert was recorded in 1964 in the studio, next to Gary Foster and Jim Keltner played Albert Stinson on bass.

As a studio musician, Budimir was part of the Abnuceal Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra in 1967 , with which Frank Zappa recorded the orchestral parts of Lumpy Gravy . During the 1970s, Budimir played with Quincy Jones , Lalo Schifrin and Don Ellis . He can also be heard on recordings with Milt Jackson .

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