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Also known as Marion Childers

American musician (1926–2007)

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1926-02-12
Active to
2007-05-24

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Listeners
15,493
Total plays
34,034

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Marion "Buddy" Childers (February 12, 1926 – May 24, 2007) became famous in 1942, when Stan Kenton hired him at the tender age of 16 to be the lead trumpet in his band. As Buddy himself later told the story to Steve Voce: "At the rehearsal he sat me down in the first trumpet chair, had the first trumpet player sit out. I played about eight or nine things in a row and the adrenalin was really flying that day. I was 16 I probably looked about 13, but I played considerably more maturely than that.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
St. Louis
Place of death
Woodland Hills
Occupation
jazz musician
Genre
jazz
Instrument
trumpet
Record label
Candid Records
Image
Buddy Childers, Stan Kenton 1947 or 1948 (Gottlieb 10248).jpg
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cause of death
cancer
date of birth
1926-02-12
date of death
2007-05-24
manner of death
natural causes
Commons category
Buddy Childers
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