Georgie Auld

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Georgie Auld
Georgie Auld, ca. August 1947
Background information
Birth name	John Altwerger
Born	(1919-05-19)May 19, 1919 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died	January 8, 1990(1990-01-08) (aged 70) Palm Springs, California, United States
Genres	Jazz
Occupations	Saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader
Instruments	Tenor saxophone, clarinet

Georgie Auld (May 19, 1919 – January 8, 1990)^[1] was a jazz tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader.

Career

Auld was born John Altwerger in Toronto. He lived in the United States from the late 1920s onward, and was most noteworthy for his work with Bunny Berigan, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Erroll Garner, Dizzy Gillespie, Al Porcino, Billy Eckstine, Tiny Kahn, Frank Rosolino, and many others. Primarily a swing saxophonist, he did many big band stints in his career, and led several big bands, including Georgie Auld and His Orchestra and Georgie Auld and His Hollywood All Stars. Auld also played some rock´n roll working for Alan Freed in 1959.

He can be heard playing sax on the 1968 Ella Fitzgerald album 30 by Ella.

In 1977 he played a bandleader in the motion picture New York, New York, starring Liza Minnelli and Robert De Niro and also acted as a technical consultant for the film.^[2] He died in Palm Springs, California, aged 71.

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 76499295 LCCN: n85098932 ISNI: 0000 0000 7360 6186 GND: 134318072 BNF: cb13890973h

Persondata
Name	Auld, Georgie
Alternative names	Altwerger, John (birth name)
Short description	Canadian jazz musician
Date of birth	May 19, 1919
Place of birth	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date of death	January 8, 1990
Place of death	Palm Springs, California, United States of America

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