Georgie Auld
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Photograph by William P. Gottlieb .
Georgie Auld (actually John Altwerger , * 19th May 1919 in Toronto , Ontario , † 8. January 1990 in Palm Springs (California) ) was an American jazz - Tenor saxophonist , clarinetist and bandleader of the Swing .
Life
Auld grew up in Canada, but has lived in the USA since the late 1920s and had his first appearances with his own formations in New York's Greenwich Village , for example at the Nick’s jazz club . He later worked in the orchestras of Bunny Berigan in 1937/38, then in 1938/39 with Artie Shaw , whose orchestra he took over in 1940. In 1940/41 he played with Benny Goodman , in 1941/42 again with Shaw and until he was drafted into the US Army with his own big band , in which Manny Albam played among others .
In 1949 he made his Broadway debut as an actor in Garson Kanin's play The Rat Race . He also played with Erroll Garner , Dizzy Gillespie , Al Porcino , Billy Eckstine , Tiny Kahn and Frank Rosolino , with whom he formed a quintet and a big band. In addition to his guest appearances in many swing bands, Auld also led his own formations, such as Georgie Auld and His Orchestra and Georgie Auld and His Hollywood All Stars .
In 1977 he played a band leader in the film New York, New York and was also active as a technical consultant for this film. At times, Auld had a club in Hollywood and was an agent for the musicians' union.
His expressive style was initially influenced by Coleman Hawkins , but then switched to a modernist variant of the style of Jimmy Lunceford .
Selection discography
- Jump, Georgie, Jump , 1940-45 ( Hep Records , 1996)
- Handicap , 1945-46 ( Discovery Records , 1990)
- Coleman Hawkins: Rainbow Mist , 1944 ( Delmark Records / Apollo Series, 1992)
- Airmail Special , 1951/59/63 ( Fresh Sound Records , 2004)
literature
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1993
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
Web links
- Georgie Auld: Underrated Tenor Sax Man With A Warm Robust Tone on swingmusic.net
- Georgie Auld: Sax Appeal at bigbandlibrary.com
- Georgie Auld at Discogs (English)
- Georgie Auld at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ quoted in Kunzler, p. 56
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Auld, Georgie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Altwerger, John (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz tenor saxophonist, clarinetist and swing band leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toronto , Ontario |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 1990 |
| Place of death | Palm Springs (California) |