Dennis Budimir

Dennis Matthew Budimir (born June 20, 1938) is an American jazz and rock guitarist.

Dennis Budimir
Birth nameDennis Matthew Budimir
Born (1938-06-20) June 20, 1938
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
GenresJazz, pop, rock, soul
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsGuitar
Associated actsThe Wrecking Crew

Biography

Budimir learned to play piano and guitar in his youth and first played professionally when he was fourteen years old. In Los Angeles in the mid 1950s he played in a quartet with La Monte Young, Billy Higgins, and Don Cherry.[1] In the late 1950s he worked in the bands of Ken Hanna, Keith Williams, Harry James, and Chico Hamilton.[2] In 1960-1961 he worked with Bud Shank and accompanied Peggy Lee, then entered into military service in 1961. After his discharge in 1963 he toured Japan with Bobby Troup and returned to the Los Angeles area, where he played as a studio musician for the next several decades.[3] He recorded in this capacity with Joni Mitchell, The Carpenters, Brian Wilson, Barbra Streisand, Ravi Shankar, Frank Zappa, Linda Rondstadt, Julie London, Dusty Springfield, Dave Grusin, Quincy Jones, David Axelrod, Lalo Schifrin, Marty Paich, Don Ellis, Gil Melle, Tom Waits, Harry Nilsson, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Johnny Mathis, Cher, and Doris Day.[4] In jazz idioms he worked with Ella Fitzgerald, Milt Jackson, Stan Getz, Jimmy Smith in the 1970s and with Ray Brown and Johnny Mandel. He recorded with the Capp-Pierce Juggernaut in the 1990s. As a session player he also played on more than 900 movie soundtracks from the early 1960s until the 2000s.[5]

Discography

As leader
  • The Creeper (Mainstream, 1965)[6]
  • Alone Together (Revelation, 1967)
  • A Second Coming (Revelation, 1968)
  • Sprung Free! (Revelation, 1968)
  • The Session with Albert (Revelation, 1972)
  • The Soul of Dennis Budimir (self-released, 2012)[7]

As sideman

With The 5th Dimension

  • The Magic Garden (Soul City, 1967)
  • The Age of Aquarius (Soul City, 1969)
  • The July 5th Album 1970
  • Portrait (Bell, 1970)
  • Reflections (Bell, 1971)
  • Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes (Bell, 1971)
  • Individually & Collectively (Bell, 1972)
  • Living Together, Growing Together (Bell, 1973)
  • Soul & Inspiration (Bell, 1974)
  • Earthbound (ABC, 1975)

With Bobby Caldwell

  • Stuck On You (Sin-Drome, 1991)
  • Blue Condition (Sin-Drome, 1996)
  • Solid Ground (RCA Victor, 2013)

With Bill Conti

  • Rocky II (United Artists, 1979)
  • Blood in Blood Out (Varese Sarabande, 1993)
  • The Right Stuff (Varese Sarabande, 2009)

With Michael Feinstein

With Chico Hamilton

With Milt Jackson

  • Feelings (Pablo, 1976)
  • Soul Believer (Pablo, 1979)
  • Big Mouth (Pablo, 1981)

With Quincy Jones

  • The Hot Rock (Prophesy, 1972)
  • You've Got It Bad Girl (A&M, 1973)
  • Mellow Madness (A&M, 1975)
  • The Color Purple (Qwest 1986)

With Peggy Lee

With Jon Lucien

  • Song for My Lady (Columbia, 1975)
  • Premonition (Columbia, 1976)
  • Romantico (Zemajo, 1980)

With Henry Mancini

  • Symphonic Soul (RCA Victor, 1975)
  • The Cop Show Themes (RCA Victor, 1976)
  • Mancini's Angels (RCA Victor, 1977)
  • The Theme Scene (RCA Victor, 1978)

With Sergio Mendes

With Harry Nilsson

With Robert Palmer

With The Partridge Family

With Linda Ronstadt

With Tom Scott

With Bud Shank

  • Barefoot Adventure (Pacific Jazz, 1961)
  • New Groove (Pacific Jazz, 1961)
  • Bud Shank and the Sax Section (Pacific Jazz, 1966)
  • Girl in Love (World Pacific, 1966)
  • A Spoonful of Jazz (World Pacific, 1967)
  • Plays Music from Today's Movies (World Pacific, 1967)
  • Magical Mystery (World Pacific, 1968)
  • Let It Be (World Pacific, 1970)

With The Singers Unlimited

  • A Special Blend (MPS, 1975)
  • Feeling Free (MPS, 1980)
  • Feelings (MPS, 2007)

With others

References
  1. http://dlib.info/home/eastburn/people/lamonteyoung/
  2. Norman Mongan, "Dennis Budimir". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld.
  3. Carlton, Jim (2009). "Guitar's Eclectic Wizard". Conversations with Great Jazz and Studio Guitarists. Mel Bay Publications. pp. 117–128. ISBN 978-0786651238.
  4. Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford, 1999, p. 92.
  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZy5uPf6XZs&t=580s
  6. "Discography of the Mainstream Label" (PDF). bsnpubs.com. July 15, 2011. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  7. "The Soul of Dennis Budimir: Album Info". Allmusic. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  8. "Improvisations, Ravi Shankar - Shop Online for Music in Australia". www.fishpond.com.au.
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