Serge Chaloff | |
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.jpg) Chaloff (lower left) with Georgie Auld, Red Rodney, and Tiny Kahn, c. August 1947. Photo by William P. Gottlieb. | |
| Background information | |
| Born | November 24, 1923 |
| Origin | Boston, Massachusetts, US |
| Died | July 16, 1957 (aged 33) |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Baritone saxophone |
| Years active | 1937–1957 |
| Formerly of | Woody Herman |
Serge Chaloff (November 24, 1923 – July 16, 1957)[1] was an American jazz baritone saxophonist. One of bebop's earliest baritone saxophonists,[2] Chaloff has been described as 'the most expressive and openly emotive baritone saxophonist jazz has ever witnessed' with a tone varying 'between a light but almost inaudible whisper to a great sonorous shout with the widest but most incredibly moving of vibratos.'[3]
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
- ^ Jack, Gordon. "Serge Chaloff: the bebop lowdown". Jazz Journal. Jazz Journal. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ Brian Davis, liner notes to the 1981 Affinity reissue of Boston Blow-Up!