Eddie Duran, SF’s go-to jazz guitarist, dies at 94
Sam Whiting November 26, 2019Updated: November 29, 2019, 8:25 am
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"In the 1950s, the jazz giant Charlie “Bird” Parker came to San Francisco for a series of concerts. The bebop sax genius had his pick of local sidemen and picked Eddie Duran, a Mexican American who had taught himself to play Latin jazz on guitar in order to join a family combo. That stint with Bird solidified Duran as a go-to guitarist and he ended up performing and recording with saxmen Stan Getz and Paul Desmond, and pianists George Shearing and Vince Guaraldi. Benny Goodman took him on an international tour that included three shows in Carnegie Hall, with Duran also playing a solo."
