Boomie Richman
Abraham Samuel " Boomie " Richman ( born April 2, 1922 in Brockton, Massachusetts ) was an American jazz musician (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, piccolo ), known as a tenor saxophonist from the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.
He first played locally in Boston in 1942 and moved to New York City where he worked as a freelancer, including with Jerry Wald (1942 ), Muggsy Spanier ( 1944) and George Paxton (1945 ). From 1945 to 1951 he was in the Big Band by Tommy Dorsey, with whom he recorded frequently.
After that, he was a studio musician in New York, but also played in passing on jazz, including over again with Benny Goodman in the first half of the 1950s. He played in the Sauter - Finegan Orchestra, Ruby Braff, Al Cohn, Red Allen and Cootie Williams. He was still active in the 1970s, but no longer as a jazz musician. As a studio musician he has played over the years, including in the TV shows of Dick Cavett, Pat Boone, Andy Williams, Patti Page, Perry Como and Jimmy Dean. In 1972 he went into retirement.
He accompanied singers like Rosemary Clooney, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Bennett, Judy Garland ( Carnegie Hall 1958), Buddy Holly ( 1958 True Love Ways ), and Peggy Lee, and Nat King Cole. He never took on under his own name.
Lexical entry
- Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestley, Jazz Rough Guide. Stuttgart: Metzler 1999