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Boyd Raeburn (Boyd Albert Raeburn) was born on 27 October, 1913 in Faith, South Dakota, U.S., is an American jazz bandleader and saxophonist. Discover Boyd Raeburn's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 52 years old?

Popular As Boyd Albert Raeburn
Occupation Musician
Age 52 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 27 October 1913
Birthday 27 October
Birthplace Faith, South Dakota, U.S.
Date of death 2 August, 1966
Died Place Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.
Nationality South Dakota

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1913

Boyd Albert Raeburn (October 27, 1913 – August 2, 1966) was an American jazz bandleader and bass saxophonist.

He was born in Faith, South Dakota, United States.

Raeburn attended the University of Chicago, where he led a campus band.

1933

He gained his earliest experience as a commercial bandleader at Chicago's World Fair (1933–1934).

For the rest of the decade, he worked in dance bands, sometimes leading them.

In the next decade, the group passed through swing before becoming identified with the bop school.

1944

His later big band, which was active c. 1944-1947, performed arrangements that were often comparable to those used by Woody Herman and the "progressive jazz" of Stan Kenton during the same period.

The compositions arranged by George Handy were the most contemporary, utilizing dissonance somewhat in the manner of Igor Stravinsky.

1946

The couple married in 1946, had two children.

As well as singing with her husband's group, Powell also sang with Harry James and Gene Krupa.

1947

Johnny Richards joined in 1947, following Handy and stayed for a year writing 50 compositions.

Raeburn's second wife was the singer Ginny Powell, for whom he wrote "Rip Van Winkle".

1950

Raeburn left music in the mid-1950s.

1959

Powell died in Nassau in the Bahamas in 1959 from meningitis; the couple had moved there.

He settled in New Orleans and ran a furniture store.

1966

Raeburn died from a heart attack in 1966 in Lafayette, Louisiana, aged 52.

Boyd Raeburn's first wife was Lorraine Anderson, with whom he had one child; the union ended in divorce.

2017

His son with Powell, Bruce Boyd Raeburn of New Orleans, was the curator of the William Ransom Hogan Archive of New Orleans Jazz at the Tulane University in New Orleans until December 2017.