Errol Leslie Buddle (29 April 1928 – 22 February 2018) was an Australian jazz musician.

Biography

Errol Buddle was born on 29 April 1928, and raised in

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. Buddle first learned the banjo and mandolin. He began learning jazz after listening to a

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performance in 1944. Buddle attended the

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as well as the

Sydney Conservatorium of Music The Sydney Conservatorium of Music (formerly the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music and known by the moniker "The Con") is a heritage-listed music school in Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the old ...

. Influenced by the sound of the bassoon in

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's ''

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'' and ''

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'', Buddle began playing the instrument. Over the course of his career, Buddle played fourteen reed instruments and several others. Buddle moved to Melbourne in 1946 and began playing the radio circuit. He relocated to Sydney by 1951 and performed weekly at the nightclub Chequers'. Buddle and Don Varella moved to

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, in 1952, where Buddle joined the

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. Buddle often performed in

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, Michigan, where he met and collaborated with

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and

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. Buddle also performed at the jazz club Klein's. The manager, George Klein, eventually asked Buddle to lead what later became the Errol Buddle Quartet. Buddle founded The Australian Jazz Quartet with

Jack Brokensha John Joseph "Jack" Brokensha (5 January 1926 – 28 October 2010) was an Australian-born American jazz vibraphonist, known for his work with the Australian Jazz Quartet and Motown Records. Biography Brokensha was born in Nailsworth, South Austral ...

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and Dick Healey. The group served as the backing band to several musicians and later played throughout North America before touring Australia in 1958, then disbanded. Buddle performed occasionally thereafter. He died at home in

Potts Point, New South Wales Potts Point is a small and densely populated suburb in inner-city Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Potts Point is located east of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney. Potts Po ...

on 22 February 2018, aged 89.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Buddle, Errol 1928 births 2018 deaths Australian jazz saxophonists Male saxophonists Australian jazz bassoonists Australian multi-instrumentalists Australian jazz drummers Musicians from Adelaide Australian expatriates in Canada Australian expatriates in the United States Sydney Conservatorium of Music alumni Male jazz musicians The Australian Jazz Quartet members 20th-century saxophonists