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Buddy Childers | |
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![]() Childers (left) and Stan Kenton, ca. 1947. | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Marion Childers |
Born | Belleville, Illinois, United States | February 12, 1926
Died | May 24, 2007 Woodland Hills, California, United States | (aged 81)
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
Instrument | Trumpet |
Labels | Candid Records |
Formerly of |
Marion "Buddy" Childers (February 12, 1926 – May 24, 2007) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer and ensemble leader. Childers became famous in 1942 at the age of 16, when Stan Kenton hired him to be the lead trumpet in his band.