Abraham Samuel Richman (April 2, 1921 – March 22, 2016), better known as Boomie Richman, was an American jazz tenor saxophone player who played with

Tommy Dorsey Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr. (November 19, 1905 – November 26, 1956) was an American jazz trombone, trombonist, composer, conductor and bandleader of the big band era. He was known as the "Sentimental Gentleman of Swing" because of his smooth-to ...

. He also played clarinet, bass clarinet, piccolo, and flute. Richman was born in

Brockton, Massachusetts Brockton is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States; the population was 105,643 at the 2020 United States census. Along with Plymouth, Massachusetts, Plymouth, it is one of the two county seats of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, ...

on April 2, 1921. Before joining the Dorsey band, he worked with George Paxton and Muggsy Spanier. From 1945 to 1951, he recorded with Dorsey and was a soloist in the band. During the 1950s he worked intermittently with the

Benny Goodman Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing". His orchestra did well commercially. From 1936 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing bi ...

Orchestra and with

Red Allen Henry James "Red" Allen Jr. (January 7, 1908 – April 17, 1967) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist whose playing has been described by Joachim-Ernst Berendt and others as the first to fully incorporate the innovations of Louis Armst ...

Ruby Braff Reuben "Ruby" Braff (March 16, 1927 – February 9, 2003) was an American jazz trumpeter and cornetist. Jack Teagarden was once asked about him on the Garry Moore television show and described Ruby as "the Ivy League Louis Armstrong". Bra ...

Al Cohn Al Cohn (November 24, 1925 – February 15, 1988) was an American jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer. He came to prominence in the band of clarinetist Woody Herman and was known for his longtime musical partnership with fellow saxophonist ...

Cootie Williams Charles Melvin "Cootie" Williams (July 10, 1911 – September 15, 1985) was an American jazz, jump blues, and rhythm and blues trumpeter. Biography Born in Mobile, Alabama, Williams began his professional career at the age of 14 with the Yo ...

, and the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra. He also worked as a studio musician. Richman recorded with

Buddy Holly Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer, songwriter, and musician who was a central and pioneering figure of rock and roll. He was born to a musical family in Lubbock, Texa ...

on October 21, 1958, playing the sax solo on " True Love Ways". He also played with

Judy Garland Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922June 22, 1969) was an American actress and singer. Possessing a strong contralto voice, she was celebrated for her emotional depth and versatility across film, stage, and concert performance. ...

in her comeback performance at

Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall ( ) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It is at 881 Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between 56th Street (Manhattan), 56th and 57th Street (Manhattan), 57t ...

. On television, he appeared on ''The Jimmy Dean Show'', ''The Perry Como Show'', ''The Dick Cavett Show'', ''The Patti Page Show'', ''The Pat Boone Show'', and ''The Andy Williams Show''. Richman died in

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on March 22, 2016, at the age of 94.

Discography

As sideman

Steve Allen Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen (December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000) was an American television and radio personality, comedian, musician, composer, writer, and actor. In 1954, he achieved national fame as the co-creator and ...

, ''Steve Allen Plays Neal Hefti'' (Coral, 1958) *

Teresa Brewer Teresa Brewer (born Theresa Veronica Breuer; May 7, 1931 – October 17, 2007) was an American singer whose style incorporated pop, country, jazz, R&B, musicals, and novelty songs. She was one of the most prolific and popular female singers of th ...

, ''Teresa Brewer and the Dixieland Band'' (Coral, 1959) * Bobby Byrne, ''The Jazzbone's Connected to the Trombone'' (Grand Award, 1959) *

, '' The Sax Section'' (Epic, 1956) *

Cab Calloway Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader. He was a regular performer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he became a popular vocalist of the Swing music, swing era. His niche ...

, ''Hi De Hi De Ho'' (RCA Victor, 1960) *

Perry Como Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como (; May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an American singer, actor, and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century, he recorded exclusively for RCA Victor for 44 years, from 1943 until 1987 ...

, ''We Get Letters'' (RCA Victor, 1957) * Jackie Cooper, ''The Movies Swing!'' (Dot, 1958) * Rusty Dedrick, ''A Jazz Journey'' (Monmouth, 1965) * Marty Gold, ''Suddenly It's Springtime'' (RCA Victor, 1964) *

, ''Fletcher Henderson Arrangements'' (Columbia, 1953) * Benny Goodman, ''B.G. in Hi-Fi'' (Capitol, 1955) * Neal Hefti, ''Singing Instrumentals'' (Epic, 1954) * Hugo & Luigi, ''The Cascading Voices of the Hugo & Luigi Chorus'' (RCA Victor, 1963) * Henry Jerome, ''Brazen Brass Features...Saxes'' (Decca, 1961) *

Enoch Light Enoch Henry Light (August 18, 1907 – July 31, 1978) was an American classically trained violinist, danceband leader, and recording engineer. As the leader of various dance bands that recorded as early as March 1927 and continuing through a ...

, ''The Big Band Sound of the Thirties'' (Project 3, 1970) * George Paxton, ''The Uncollected George Paxton and His Orchestra 1944–1945'' (Hindsight, 1982) *

Joe Reisman Joseph Reisman (September 16, 1924 – September 15, 1987) was an American musician (tenor and baritone saxophone, clarinet), bandleader, arranger, and record producer in the swing era. Reisman was born in Dallas in 1924 and studied at Baylor U ...

, ''Party Night at Joe's'' (RCA Victor, 1958)\ * Richard Maltby, ''Many Sided Maltby'' (Sesac, 1958) * Tommy Reynolds, ''Jazz for Happy Feet'' (King, 1956) * Edgar Sampson, ''Swing Softly Sweet Sampson'' (Coral, 1957) * Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, ''Directions in Music'' (Bluebird, 1988) * Hymie Shertzer, ''All the King's Saxes'' (Disneyland, 1958) *

Phil Silvers Phil Silvers (born Phillip Silver; May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985) was an American entertainer and comedic actor, known as "The King of Chutzpah". His career as a professional entertainer spanned nearly 60 years. He achieved major popularity w ...

, '' Phil Silvers and Swinging Brass'' (Columbia, 1957) *

, '' Cootie Williams in Hi-Fi'' (RCA Victor, 1958) * Cootie Williams, '' Porgy & Bess Revisited'' (Warner Bros., 1959)

References

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