Frank J. Szabo (born September 16, 1952, died July 26, 2018) was a Hungarian-American trumpeter and Jazz artist. Szabo was born in Budapest but fled with his family to the United States after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 that displaced many. Career After his family settled in Los Angeles, he studied trumpet with Tom Scott from age ten. He was a member of Harry James's band in 1970-1971 and toured with Ray Charles worldwide in 1971. He was active as a studio musician from the 1970s into the 2000s, playing for film soundtracks, for television, and for record labels. Achievements As a jazz musician, he toured with Count Basie in 1975 and again in 1983, and also worked with

Louie Bellson Louie Bellson (born Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni, July 6, 1924 – February 14, 2009), often seen in sources as Louis Bellson, although he himself preferred the spelling Louie, was an American jazz drummer. He was a composer, ...

, the

Capp-Pierce Juggernaut The Capp-Pierce Juggernaut is an American big band jazz ensemble, named after the 1977 album ''Juggernaut'' (Concord Jazz) by Frank Capp and Nat Pierce. The group was known equivalently as the Capp-Pierce Orchestra and the Capp-Pierce Juggernaut ...

, Harry Edison, Teddy Edwards, Gene Harris, Woody Herman, Bill Holman, Chuck Mangione, Don Menza, Grover Mitchell,

Roger Neumann Roger Neumann (3 January 1941 – 28 November 2018) was an American jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer, arranger, and music educator. He wrote arrangements for Count Basie, Buddy Rich, and The Beach Boys. He taught in Los Angeles and at the ...

, Buddy Rich, Charlie Shoemake,

Sarah Vaughan Sarah Lois Vaughan (March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer. Nicknamed "Sassy" and "Jazz royalty, The Divine One", she won two Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, and was nominated for a total of nine ...

, and Gerald Wilson.

Discography

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References

*"Frank Szabo", '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, 2004, ed.

Barry Kernfeld Barry Dean Kernfeld (born August 11, 1950) is an American musicologist and jazz saxophonist who has researched and published extensively about the history of jazz and the biographies of its musicians. Education In 1968, Kernfeld enrolled at U ...

. *"Frank Szabo", The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4 ed.) {{DEFAULTSORT:Szabo, Frank American jazz trumpeters American male trumpeters Hungarian emigrants to the United States Jazz musicians from Los Angeles American male jazz musicians The Capp-Pierce Juggernaut members