Bud Freeman. Practicing on his saxophone in a recording studio, London, 1975

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Bud Freeman practicing on his saxophone in a recording studio, London, 1975.

Bud Freeman (by name Lawrence “Bud “Freeman) was an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer, known mainly for playing tenor saxophone, but also the clarinet. One of his most notable performances was a solo on Eddie Condon's 1933 recording, The Eel, which became Freeman's nickname for his long snake-like improvisations. Freeman joined the U.S. Army during World War II and headed a U.S. Army band in the Aleutian Islands. After the war, Freeman returned to New York and led his own groups.

b. April 13, 1906 in Chicago Illinois.
d. March 15, 1991 in Chicago t the Warren Barr Pavilion, A nursing home.

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