Search - Bud Freeman :: Something to Remember

One More Bud, Please.

Lefty O'doul | 08/10/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Bud has an incomparable sound: amber warm, a masterful vibrato, with a bit of sand from the breezy shore to give it the proper grit. His phrases have a swinging, exuberant lilt - a leftover from the dance years of early jazz. Bud's sound actually seemed to improve with age. It starts to get fuller by the '50s and never looks back. Sadly, "Something to Remember You By" is one of the few recordings currently available from this later period. Bud is ably accompanied by Dave Frishberg - here heard sans vocals and lyric wit. One only wishes their were more tunes and more blowing from Bud. If you get hold of any his cd's from the 50's or 60's hold them close."