Buddy Featherstonhaugh
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English jazz saxophonist (1909-1976)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1909-10-04
- Active to
- 1976-07-12
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Rupert Edward Lee "Buddy" Featherstonhaugh (October 4, 1909, Paris - July 12, 1976, London) was an English jazz saxophonist. Featherstonhaugh studied in Sussex, and had his first professional gig with Pat O'Malley in 1927. He was with Spike Hughes from 1930 to 1932, and toured England in Billy Mason's band behind Louis Armstrong that same year. In 1933 he recorded with a group called The Cosmopolitans, which included Fletcher Allen. He recorded with Valaida Snow in 1935 and Benny Carter in 1937.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- 16th arrondissement of Paris
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- racing automobile driver
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Sport
- auto racing
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- date of birth
- 1909-10-10
- date of death
- 1976-07-12
- start of work period
- 1927-00-00
- birth name
- Rupert Edward Lee Featherstonhaugh
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