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Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular MusicA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZAULD, Georgie(b John Altwerger, 19 May '19, Toronto; d 8 Jan. '90) Saxophones. To NYC '29; had started on alto, switched to tenor infl. by Coleman Hawkins. Worked with Bunny Berigan, Artie Shaw, Jan Savitt, Benny Goodman, Shaw again '37--42. Best-known recordings with Goodman sextet '40- -41 reveal fine Swing Era soloist with big tone, already slightly boppish ideas. Served in US Army; own big band after WWII played clubs with arrs by Manny Albam, Al Cohn, Neal Hefti; featured at various times Sarah Vaughan, Erroll Garner, Sonny Berman, Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Butterfield, Freddy Webster. Broke up '46; from then on mostly small groups; commercial and studio work in Las Vegas, LA; mus. dir. for Tony Martin, '67. Many US LPs as leader out of print. Tours, albums in Japan in '70s. Acted on Broadway (The Rat Race '49); played bandleader, dubbed soundtrack tenor for Robert DeNiro in New York, New York '77, Martin Scorsese film set post-war. Reissues incl. big band sets Jump Georgie Jump on Hep ('40--45 tracks), In The Middle and Handicap on Musicraft ('45--6), Homage '59 on Xanadu. |