Eddie Caine

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Eddie Caine (* 1923 or 1924; † August 19, 2016 ) was an American jazz musician ( alto and baritone saxophone , flute , piccolo ) who was also active in the field of classical music.

Live and act

Eddie Caine began working as a professional musician in high school; During this time, the band leader Henry Nemo brought him into his orchestra, which performed in the Grossinger's Hotel in the Catskills . From 1945 the first recordings came with Randy Brooks ( Harlem Nocturne , 1946), Herbie Fields and Claude Thornhill . He also played in the bands and orchestras of Muggsy Spanier , Jerry Wald , Tony Pastor , Buddy Rich , Chico Marx , Lucky Millinder and Jimmy Dorsey . As a flautist, he also played in theater orchestras on New York's Broadway and in a woodwind quintet. In the 1950s he worked on recordings by Buddy DeFranco , Charles Mingus ( Charles Mingus Octet ), Gil Evans / Miles Davis ( Miles Ahead , Sketches of Spain ), Ralph Burns , Tito Puente , Johnny Mandel , Lena Horne , Irene Kral / Al Cohn with, in the early 1960s still with Bob Brookmeyer and in the Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band as well as with Carmen McRae / Buddy Bregman and Stan Getz / Gary McFarland ( Big Band Bossa Nova ).

In addition to jazz, Caine worked in the field of classical music; He was a member of the New York Saxophone Quartet ( Jazz-Classical , with Ray Beckenstein , Al Epstein , Danny Bank ), flutist in the National Symphony Orchestra, the Metropolitan Opera and the New York City Opera. In 1955 he commissioned George Handy to compose a flute piece for him; he recorded the multi-movement The Caine Flute Sonata in 1984 with the pianist Neil Posner (but it was not published). He was also the co-producer of Harold Bennett's teaching material. Caine has worked in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles for 75 years. In the field of jazz he was involved in recording sessions between 1967 and 2016.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Remembering Eddie Caine. April 5, 2017, accessed July 22, 2018 .
  2. ^ Benjamin Biermann The Music of George Handy . Dissertation (City University New York) 2006 p. 119ff.
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed July 12, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Caine, Eddie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz and classical musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1923 or 1924
DATE OF DEATH 19th August 2016