American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
Arthur Relsmond "Skeets" Herfurt (28 May 1911 – 17 April 1992) was an Americanjazz saxophonist and clarinetist.
Herfurt was born inCincinnati and raised inDenver and played in bands while attending theUniversity of Colorado . He performed withSmith Ballew (1934),Jimmy andTommy Dorsey (together 1934–1935, Jimmy 1935–1937, and Tommy 1937–1939), andRay Noble . After moving toCalifornia , he worked withAlvino Rey , then served in theArmy from 1944 to 1945. After the war, he flourished as a studio musician inHollywood , led his own band, and performed withBenny Goodman from 1946 to 1947 andEarle Spencer in 1946.
His studio credits, into the 1960s, include sessions withNelson Riddle on many Frank Sinatra recordings ,Billy May ,Louis Armstrong ,Georgie Auld ,Jack Teagarden , andStan Kenton . He worked with Goodman again in 1961 and 1964. End of the 1960s he joined theRay Conniff orchestra for several tours (a. o. Japan and Germany) and recording sessions during the 1970s. Herfurt was a member ofLawrence Welk 's orchestra and weekly television show from 1979 to 1982, performing on lead alto saxophone.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
He died inNew Orleans at the age of 80.
Herfurt appeared as a saxophonist in the 1956 filmThe Nightmare The Fortune
WithGlen Gray
Casa Loma in Hi-Fi (Capitol, 1956)Sounds of the Great Bands! (Capitol, 1958)Solo Spotlight (Capitol, 1960)Please Mr. Gray... (Capitol, 1961)WithBilly May
A Band Is Born (Capitol, 1952)Sorta-May (Capitol, 1955)The Girls and Boys On Broadway (Capitol, 1960)With others
Ray Anthony ,Ray Anthony Plays Steve Allen (Capitol, 1958)Georgie Auld ,In the Land of Hi-Fi with Georgie Auld and His Orchestra Joe "Fingers" Carr ,The Riotous, Raucous, Red-Hot 20's! (Warner Bros., 1961)Frankie Carle ,Era: The 30' Music of the Great Bands (Dot, 1968)Larry Clinton ,The Uncollected Larry Clinton and His Orchestra 1937-1938 (Hindsight, 1977)Ray Conniff ,Turn Around Look at Me (CBS, 1968)Ray Conniff,Concert in Stereo (Columbia, 1970) Bob Eberly &Helen O'Connell ,Recapturing the Excitement of the Jimmy Dorsey Era (Warner Bros., 1961)Benny Goodman ,Hello Benny! (Capitol, 1964)The Four Freshmen ,Four Freshmen and Five Saxes (Capitol, 1957)Bob Keene ,Bob Keene & His Orchestra (Fresh Sound, 1954)Stan Kenton ,Kenton in Hi-Fi Pete Rugolo ,10 Saxophones and 2 Basses Jack Teagarden ,This Is Teagarden! (Capitol, 1956)General references
Inline citations
^ The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, 1900-1950, Vol. 2 (of three volumes), by Roger D. Kinkle (1916–2000),New Rochelle, New York :Arlington House Publishers (1974)OCLC 0870002295 ^ The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Third edition, Eight volumes, edited byColin Larkin , London:Muze (acquired in 2009 byRovi Corporation ) (1998)^ The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, First edition, Two volumes, edited byBarry Kernfeld , London:Macmillan Press , 1988^ The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, edited byBarry Kernfeld , New York:St. Martin's Press (1994)^ Who's Who of Jazz: Storyville to Swing Street, byJohn Chilton , Philadelphia:Chilton Book Co. (1972)^ The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Second edition, three volumes, edited byBarry Kernfeld , London:Macmillan Publishers (2002)
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