Ronnie Lang

Ronnie Lang
Birth name	Ronald Langinger
Born	(1927-07-24)July 24, 1927 Chicago, Illinois United States
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Alto saxophone

Ronnie Lang(sometimes spelledRonny;born July 24, 1927) is an American jazz alto saxophonist. His professional début was withHoagy Carmichael's Teenagers. He also played withEarle Spencer(1946), Ike Carpenter, andSkinnay Ennis(1947). Lang gained attention during his two tenures withLes Brown's Orchestra (1949–50 and 1953–56). He recorded with theDave PellOctet in the mid-1950s. During this time he attendedLos Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciencesstudying music and woodwinds. In 1958 he became a prolific studio musician in Los Angeles, often employed byHenry Mancini,and he played the iconic sax melodic line inBernard Herrmann's score for the movieTaxi Driver(1976). Lang also recorded withPete Rugolo(1956),Bob Thiele(1975), andPeggy Lee(1975).

Partial discography

WithSammy Davis Jr

• It's All Over but the Swingin'(Decca, 1957)

WithTed Nash

• Peter Gunn(Crown, 1959)

WithPete Rugolo

• Music for Hi-Fi Bugs(EmArcy, 1956)
• Out on a Limb(EmArcy, 1956)
• The Original Music of Thriller(Time, 1961)

WithHis All Stars

• Modern Jazz(Tops, 1958)

Television soundtracks

With theVince Guaraldi Sextet

• It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown(1966)
• You're in Love, Charlie Brown(1967)

References

• Bruyninckx, Walter (1979).60 Years of Recorded Jazz, 1917–1977.Mechelen, Belgium.OCLC6436260.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Kernfeld, Barry Dean; Sadie, Stanley (1988). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.).The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.London:Macmillan Press.ISBN978-0935859393.
• Kinkle, Roger D. (1974).The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, 1900–1950.New Rochelle, New York:Arlington House Publishers.ISBN978-0870002298.
• Room, Adrian (2010).Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins(5th ed.). Jefferson, North Carolina:McFarland & Company.p.274.ISBN978-0786457632.