Med Flory

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Meredith Irwin "Med" Flory (born August 27, 1926 in Logansport , Indiana ; † March 12, 2014 in Los Angeles ) was an American musician ( tenor and alto saxophone , clarinet , composition, arrangement) of modern jazz and actor .

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Flory, whose mother was an organist, learned the clarinet from the age of nine and initially played in the school bands. After completing military service in a band in the Air Force , he studied philosophy at the University of Indiana . He then worked as an instrumentalist and arranger with Claude Thornhill (1950), Art Mooney and Woody Herman (1953), among others . In 1954 he performed in New York City , then as a singer in the television shows of Ray Anthony and in 1958 at the Monterey Jazz Festival , he appeared with his own big band . He worked with changing his own formations as well as with Terry Gibbs (1960) and Art Pepper and then settled in Los Angeles, where he worked as a studio musician, composer and actor. Among other things, he played in series such as Mannix , Lassie and Bonanza . In 1972 he co-founded the formation Supersax , which initially interpreted choruses by Charlie Parker with a five-part saxophone setting . Her debut album "Supersax Plays Bird" received a 1973 Grammy . 1974 followed appearances at various North American festivals and in the following year a Japan tour. Flory arranged most of the pieces of the band, who also worked more intensively with the “LA Voices” in the mid-1980s.

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  1. ^ Obituary in Los Angeles Times
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SURNAME Flory, Med
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flory, Meredith Irwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician and actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Logansport (Indiana)
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 2014
Place of death los Angeles