Red rodney dizzy gillespie
Portrait of Charlie Parker, Red Rodney, Dizzy Gillespie, Margie Hyams, and Chuck Wayne, Downbeat, New York, NY, ca..
Red Rodney at Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay CA He reunited with Ira Sullivan and performed with Dizzy Gillespie.
Red Rodney
American jazz trumpeter
Red Rodney | |
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Red Rodney, c. June 1946 | |
| Birth name | Robert Chudnick |
| Born | (1927-09-27)September 27, 1927 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | May 27, 1994(1994-05-27) (aged 66) Boynton Beach, Florida |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Trumpet |
| Years active | 1942–1994 |
| Labels | Savoy, Fantasy, Muse, Sonet, Steeplechase, Chesky |
Musical artist
Robert Roland Chudnick (September 27, 1927 – May 27, 1994),[1] known professionally as Red Rodney, was an American jazz trumpeter.
Biography
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he became a professional musician at 15, working in the mid-1940s for the big bands of Jerry Wald, Jimmy Dorsey, Georgie Auld, Elliot Lawrence, Benny Goodman, and Les Brown.
He was inspired by hearing Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker to change his style to bebop, moving on to play with Claude Thornhill, Gene Krupa, and Woody Herman.[2] He was Jewi