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Freddy Martin
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Freddy Martin (December 9, 1906 - September 30, 1983) was an American tenor saxophonist and bandleader best known for his smooth, danceable arrangements and his adaptations of classical melodies for modern swing music lovers. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Martin began his musical career as a saxophonist and formed his own band in the early 1930s. He gained national attention with his orchestra during the big band era, performing at prestigious hotel ballrooms and being featured on widely-heard radio broadcasts.
Martin's band was known for its sweet style, appealing to audiences who favoured melodic arrangements over the harder "hot" sounds that were also popular at the time. In 1941, he had a major hit with "Tonight We Love," a song based on Tchaikovsky’s "Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat." This piece helped define his orchestra's unique classical-pop-jazz fusion approach and naturally became his theme tune. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, Martin's band continued to tour and record and featured prominent vocalists such as Clyde Rogers and Merv Griffin.
Gravity and Resurgence: The Many Dimensions of Dexter Gordon
by Arthur R George
Long Tall Dexter; swinger, bebopper, saxophone balladeer; acting the dissipated genius expatriate who was not unlike himself in the movie Round Midnight; his dressed-up persona “Society Red;" the laconic elder statesman of his later years. Dexter Gordon is all those things, but more than a kaleidoscope of caricatures. Those who trace their lineages through ...
Classics & Boogie - The Original Recordings
Label: Jasmine Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: 1. The Hut-Sut Song (A Swedish Serenade)
2. Easy to Love
3. Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat
4. Serenade for Strings
5. Jingle, Jangle, Jingle
6. The Warsaw Concerto
7. Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2
8. Symphony
9. In the Middle of May
10. Cornish Rhapsody Theme
11. Bumble Boogie
12. To Each His Own
13. Night and Day
14. Managua, Nicaragua
15. Cumana
16. Hora Stacato
17. Miserlou
18. On a Slow Boat to China
19. Jungle Rhumba
20. Sabre Dance Boogie
21. Shangri-La
22. Czardas
