Babe Russin Evergreen

Taken from his beautiful 1956 album ''To Sooth The Savage'' On Dot Records Babe Russin - Tenor Sax Strings Unknown. Babe Russin’s Tenor sax and Strings To soothe the savage: If music hath charms, then Babe Russin is indeed a charmer. Four ways a charmer, in fact —as a performer, a composer, an arranger, and a conductor. Heretofore, Babe's fame has been confined to the virtuoso instrumental field. His remarkable ability with the tenor sax has produced a most colorful career: since the age of sixteen, he's played with the orchestras of Red Nichols, Russ Columbo, the Columbia Broadcasting System, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, and both the Dorsey brothers, to name only a few. More recently, he's enjoyed the enviable position of being the most sought-after tenor saxist in Hollywood's flourishing free-lance market. Like the fine musician he is, Babe has never been content to rest on his laurels, but till now this constant activity as a performer has frustrated