George Auld
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Georgie Auld, c. August 1947
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | John Altwerger |
| Born |
May 19, 1919 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | January 8, 1990 (aged 70) Palm Springs, California, United States |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Saxophone, clarinet |
| Years active | 1940s–1970s |
| Labels | Roost, Apollo, Coral, EmArcy, Xanadu, Paramount, Discovery, Jasmine |
Georgie Auld (May 19, 1919 – January 8, 1990) was a jazz tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader.
Auld was born John Altwerger in Toronto, Canada, and moved to Brooklyn, New York, in 1929. Before the family left Canada, Auld's parents gave him a saxophone, which he taught himself to play.
Auld was most noteworthy for his work with Bunny Berigan, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Erroll Garner, Dizzy Gillespie, Al Porcino, Billy Eckstine, Tiny Kahn, Frank Rosolino, and many others. Primarily a swing saxophonist, he did many big band stints in his career, and led several big bands, including Georgie Auld and His Orchestra and Georgie Auld and His Hollywood All Stars. Auld also played some rock´n roll working for Alan Freed in 1959.
He can be heard playing sax on the 1968 Ella Fitzgerald album 30 by Ella.
In 1949, Auld played Carl in The Rat Race in the Ethel Barrymore Theater on Broadway. In 1952, he had a small part in the film The Marrying Kind. In 1977 he played a bandleader in the motion picture New York, New York, starring Liza Minnelli and Robert De Niro and also acted as a technical consultant for the film.
Auld died on January 8, 1990, in Palm Springs, California, aged 70.
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