Georgie Auld (Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 19, 1919 – Palm Springs, California, USA, January 8, 1990) was a
jazz tenor saxophonist, clarinetist and bandleader. Auld was born in Toronto, but lived in the United States from the late 1920s onward, and was most noteworthy for his work with
Bunny Berigan,
Artie Shaw,
Benny Goodman,
Erroll Garner,
Dizzy Gillespie,
Al Porcino,
Billy Eckstine,
Tiny Kahn,
Frank Rosolino, and many others. Primarily a
swing saxophonist, he did many big band stints in his career and led several big bands, including
Georgie Auld and His Orchestra and
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