Vince Guaraldi with the San Francisco Boys Chorus (D&D, 1967).The Latin Side of Vince Guaraldi (Fantasy, 1964).A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing (Fantasy, 1958).From Here to the Moon (Mad Eddie, 1997).Duran and his wife have collaborated on five albums, including From Here to the Moon: Mad and Eddie Duran, which they produced in 1996.ĭuran was once a licensed barber. Mad Duran, who is twenty-eight years younger than Eddie Duran, is a classically trained clarinetist and saxophonist and music educator. On October 19, 1983, he married Madeleine ("Mad") Askew in Sonoma County, California. Duran crossed paths with Getz again in 1983 while recording the Dee Bell studio album, Let There Be Love.
In the late 1980s, after his last two children had grown, Duran moved to New York City and performed in a quartet that he organized. Between 19, Duran recorded with Tania Maria. In 1962, he was joined by Carlos Duran on Benny Velarde's album Ay Que Rico.įrom 1976 to 1981, Duran was a member of Benny Goodman's orchestras, which included an acclaimed performance with Goodman's octet at Carnegie Hall on June 28, 1976, in connection with the Newport Jazz Festival. The feeling was happy and relaxed." Also in 1958, Duran was joined by Manny Duran on Tjader's album San Francisco Moods. In an interview, Duran said, "There was no rehearsal before the date, no alternates, no second takes. In 1958, Duran played a concert at the Marines Memorial Auditorium with Tjader and Stan Getz six years before Getz became famous. All three Duran brothers were members of Cal Tjader's Mambo Quintet in the mid 1950s.
Guaraldi introduced Tjader to Duran and his two brothers. In 1954, his friend, Vince Guaraldi, who had been playing with Cal Tjader, started a trio with Duran and bassist Dean Riley. The album was recorded by San Francisco Jazz Records, a short-lived label that was part of the production of the radio station. While playing with the CBS Orchestra, Duran met Brunell and performed on her debut album, Intro to Jazz of the Italian-American. Īround 1957, Duran was the guitarist in the CBS Radio Orchestra under the direction of Ray Hackett for the Bill Weaver Show, a variety show broadcast by CBS's San Francisco affiliate, KQW, later renamed KCBS, from the Palace Hotel. Beginning in the 1950s, he worked in San Francisco with Chet Baker, Charlie Parker, Red Norvo, George Shearing, and Flip Phillips. He was in a trio with his brothers, Carlos Duran and Manny Duran, from 1948 to 1952.
By fifteen he was performing professionally with jazz musicians who visited San Francisco in the 1940s and 1950s. Career ĭuran started on piano at age seven and switched to guitar at 12. He recorded often with Vince Guaraldi and was a member of the Benny Goodman orchestra during the 1970s. Edward Lozano Duran (Septem– November 22, 2019) was an American jazz guitarist from San Francisco.
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