Chaloff (lower left) with Georgie Auld, Red Rodney, and Tiny Kahn, c. August 1947. Photo by William P. Gottlieb.
Background information
Born
(1923-11-24)November 24, 1923
Origin
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Died
July 16, 1957(1957-07-16) (aged 33)
Genres
Jazz
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Baritone saxophone
Years active
1937–1957
Formerly of
Woody Herman
Musical artist
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!
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