Phil Bodner

Philip L. Bodner (June 13, 1917 – February 24, 2008) was an American multi-instrumentalist and studio musician, active in jazz and popular music idioms. Best known as a reedist, he played clarinet, saxophone, oboe, English horn, and flute.

Phil Bodner
Birth namePhilip L. Bodner
Born(1917-06-13)June 13, 1917
Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedFebruary 24, 2008(2008-02-24) (aged 90)
New York, New York, U.S.
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)studio musician, multi-instrumentalist, conductor, arranger
Instrumentsclarinet. saxophone, oboe, english horn and flute
LabelsDunhill

Bodner was born in Waterbury, Connecticut and played in the 1940s and 1950s as a sideman for studio recordings in New York City; he did jazz sessions with Benny Goodman in 1958 and with Miles Davis and Gil Evans in 1958. He organized The Brass Ring, a group modeled after Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, which had popular success in the mid-1960s, and also played with Oliver Nelson and J.J. Johnson in that decade. Associations in the 1970s included Oscar Peterson, Yusef Lateef, Peanuts Hucko, Wild Bill Davison, and Ralph Sutton. Bodner also played the signature piccolo part on the international disco hit "The Hustle" by Van McCoy. He worked in a swing style with Marty Napoleon, Mel Lewis, and George Duvivier in the 1980s, and also played with Maxine Sullivan and Barbara Carroll. He released an album under his own name, Jammin' at Phil's Place, on Jazzmania Records in 1990, with Milt Hinton, Bobby Rosengarden, and Derek Smith as sidemen. Other work in the 1970s included playing with Ralph Sutton and Johnny Varro, working with Mingus Epitaph, and arranging Louie Bellson's tribute to Duke Ellington's Black, Brown and Beige.

Bodner died on February 24, 2008 at age 90.[1][2]

Discography
With Coleman Hawkins

With Cootie Williams

With Joe Wilder

With Wes Montgomery

With Cal Tjader

With Mel Davis, Dick Hyman, Bobby Rosengarden and others

  • Living Jazz "Dear Heart and Other Favorites" (RCA Camden CAS-878 and CAL-878, 1965)

With George Benson

With Joey DeFrancesco

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References
  1. Saxophonist/Bandleader Phil Bodner Dies at 90 JazzTimes. accessdate July 15, 2018
  2. Philip Bodner Obituary Legacy.com. accessdate July 15, 2018
  • "Phil Bodner". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld.
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