Birth name John Altwerger Genres Jazz | Name Georgie Auld Movies New York, New York | |
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Born May 19, 1919
Toronto, Ontario, Canada ( 1919-05-19 ) Occupation(s) Saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader Instruments Tenor saxophone, clarinet Died January 8, 1990, Palm Springs, California, United States Albums Quintet & Septet 1951-1963, The Very Best Of Similar People Osie Johnson, Frank Rosolino, Jimmy Rowles, Bunny Berigan, Stan Levey | ||
Georgie Auld - In the Land of Hi Fi ( Full Album )
Georgie Auld (May 19, 1919 – January 8, 1990) was a jazz tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader.
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Career
Auld was born John Altwerger in Toronto. He lived in the United States from the late 1920s onward, and was most noteworthy for his work with Bunny Berigan, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Erroll Garner, Dizzy Gillespie, Al Porcino, Billy Eckstine, Tiny Kahn, Frank Rosolino, and many others. Primarily a swing saxophonist, he did many big band stints in his career, and led several big bands, including Georgie Auld and His Orchestra and Georgie Auld and His Hollywood All Stars. Auld also played some rock´n roll working for Alan Freed in 1959.
He can be heard playing sax on the 1968 Ella Fitzgerald album 30 by Ella.
In 1977 he played a bandleader in the motion picture New York, New York, starring Liza Minnelli and Robert De Niro and also acted as a technical consultant for the film. He died in Palm Springs, California, aged 70.
Discography
With Maynard Ferguson
With Barney Kessel
Songs
Jump - Georgie - Jump
Swingin' In The Moore Park
Back Home in Indiana
Old Rockin' Chair
Concerto For Tenor
Uptown Lullaby
Nashooma
Blue Lou
You're Faded
Sweet Lorraine
One for My Baby
In The land Of Hi Fi
Harlem Nocturne
Airmail Special - Take One
Your Kiss
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
I've Got You Under My Skin
Too Marvelous for Words
I Cover The Waterfront
Oh - Kay!: Someone To Watch Over You
Everything Happens to Me
Unexpected
I Found a Million Dollar Baby in a Five and Ten Cent Store
Salt Peanut Pick Up Boys
For You
Frankie & Johnny
Laura
Seh! Seh! - Take One
Short Circuit
I Get A Kick Out Of You
If You Go
A Hundred Years From Today