Errol Buddle
Errol Buddle | |
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| Birth name | Errol Leslie Buddle |
| Born | 29 April 1928 |
| Died | 22 February 2018 (aged 89) Potts Point, New South Wales, Australia |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Saxophone, bassoon & other wind instruments |
Errol Leslie Buddle (29 April 1928 – 22 February 2018) was an Australian jazz musician.
Biography
Errol Buddle was born on 29 April 1928 and raised in Adelaide.[1][2] He first learned the banjo and mandolin.[1] He began learning jazz after listening to a Bobby Limb performance in 1944.[1][2] Buddle attended the Elder Conservatorium of Music as well as the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.[3] Influenced by the sound of the bassoon in Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and The Firebird, Buddle began playing the instrument.[1][2] Over the course of his career, Buddle played fourteen reed instruments and several others.[4] Buddle moved to Melbourne in 1946 and began playing the radio circuit.[2][5] He relocated to Sydney by 1951 and performed weekly at the nightclub Chequers'. Buddle and Don Varella moved to Windsor, Ontario, in 1952, where Buddle joined the Windsor Symphony Orchestra.[1][2]
Buddle often performed in
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Shand, John (1 March 2018). "Errol Buddle story: World's first jazz bassoonist was a hit in the US". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Myers, Eric (28 February 2018). "Adelaide's Errol Buddle scaled heights of American jazz". The Australian. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "Errol Buddle". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ a b McBeath, John (12 September 2015). "Memorable moments abound as legendary saxophonist Errol Buddle celebrated the career of Bruce Hancock". The Advertiser. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ a b Chadbourne, Eugene. "Errol Buddle Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
External links
- Errol Buddle at AllMusic
- Errol Buddle discography at Discogs
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