Boomie Richman

Abraham Samuel "Boomie" Richman (born April 2, 1922 in Brockton, Massachusetts) was the jazz tenor sax player with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra at the height of the Big band era. Mr. Richman played a Selmer Tenor Mark VI saxophone. He used a baritone reed with a wide flare & his tone was described on more than one occasion as, "a very expensive sound."

Among his roommates while on tour were Buddy Rich and Louis Bellson.

Multi-Instrumentalist
*Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Piccolo, Flute

Bands
*Mugsy Spanier, Les Elgart, George Paxton and His Orchestra, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman

Television
*The Jimmy Dean Show, The Perry Como Show, The Dick Cavett Show,
*The Patti Page Show, The Pat Boone Show, The Andy Williams Show, ...And many other 'one shot' specials

Significant Dates
*Recorded with Buddy Holly on October 21, 1958. He performed the beautiful sax solo on "True Love Ways".
*Judy Garland's comeback performance at Carnegie Hall
*John F. Kennedy's birthday party where Marilyn Monroe sang "Happy Birthday"
*Guantanamo Bay during the Cuban Missile Crisis
*Barbara Streisand's Central Park Concert

Record Dates
*Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Sammy Davis, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett, Peggy Lee.

Studio Years
*Mr. Richman retired from the Benny Goodman band in 1956. He then became the 'first-call' studio ace in New York City where he recorded a plethora of material with the sax for television and radio commercials too numerous to name.

Mr. Richman retired from studio work in 1972. His last recording was for the movie: "The Godfather".