Buddy Boudreaux, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Buddy Boudreaux

Big band and jazz musician

Date of Birth: 27-Dec-1917

Place of Birth: Donaldsonville, Louisiana, United States

Date of Death: 13-Jun-2015

Profession: saxophonist, jazz musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

John Landry “Buddy” Boudreaux (December 27, 1917 – June 13, 2015) was a big band and jazz musician in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
He played saxophone and clarinet.
Since 1934, he directed and played in a number of bands that have toured the southern United States and drawn nationally known performers to Baton Rouge.
The State-Times newspaper called him “the city’s sound of big band.” His bands backed such artists as Andy Williams, Bernadette Peters, Doc Severinsen, Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Burt Bacharach, Johnny Mathis, The Four Tops, Bob Hope, George Burns and Joan Rivers.
He opened shows for Tony Bennett, Tony Orlando, Louise Mandrell, The Beach Boys and Bill Cosby.
He was co-author—with his barber, Michael T.
Abadie—of “My Baton Rouge,” which in 1998 was declared the city's official song.