Eddie Safranski

Eddie Safranski
Background information
Birth nameEric Edward Safranski
BornDecember 25, 1918[1]
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedJanuary 10, 1974(1974-01-10) (aged 55)[2]
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentDouble bass
Years active1940s–1970s

Eddie Safranski (December 25, 1918 – January 10, 1974)[1] was an American jazz double bassist, composer and arranger who worked with Stan Kenton. He also worked with Tony Bennett, Charlie Barnet, Benny Goodman and Bobby Darin.[3] From 1946 to 1953 he won the Down Beat Readers' Poll for bassist.[4]

  1. ^ a b Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 2176. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  2. ^ Ostransky, Leroy (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Vol. 3 (2 ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries. p. 488. ISBN 1-56159-284-6.
  3. ^ Ginell, Richard S. "Eddie Safranski". AllMusic. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  4. ^ "Down Beat". Archived from the original on 26 October 2005. Retrieved October 9, 2021.

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