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Dennis Budimir (1938 – 2023) was an American guitarist. He was considered to be a member of The Wrecking Crew. He can be heard on compositions such as "Truth" from the album That Hamilton Man (1959)

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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. In the late 1950s he worked in the bands of Ken Hanna, Keith Williams, Harry James, and Chico Hamilton. 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. He recorded in this capacity with Joni Mitchell, The Carpenters, Brian Wilson, Barbra Streisand, Ravi Shankar, Frank Zappa, Linda Ronstadt, 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. 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.

Budimir died in January 2023, at the age of 84.

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Discography

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As leader

  • The Creeper (Mainstream, 1965)
  • 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)
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As sideman

With The 5th Dimension

With Alessi Brothers

  • Alessi (A&M, 1976)

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 (Varèse Sarabande, 1993)
  • The Right Stuff (Varèse Sarabande, 2009)

With Michael Feinstein

With Chico Hamilton

  • With Strings Attached (Warner Bros., 1959)
  • Gongs East! (Warner Bros., 1959)
  • The Three Faces of Chico (Warner Bros., 1959)
  • Chico Hamilton (Warner Bros., 1976)
  • Truth (Fresh Sound, 1979)

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

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Linking in at time of death

...That's the Way It Is, A Partridge Family Christmas Card, Aerial Ballet, Airport (1970 film), Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In, Back Off Boogaloo, Bathhouse Betty, Billy Bean (musician), Birthday (Association album), Blow It Out (album), Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Born to Be with You (album), Budimir, Burning Bridges (Glen Campbell album), Cactus Flower (film), Carnival of the Spirits, Change of Habit, Cherish (David Cassidy album), Children of the World (Stan Getz album), Close Enough for Love (Peggy Lee album), Come On Get Happy!: The Very Best of The Partridge Family, Come Saturday Morning (The Sandpipers album), Command Performances: The Essential 60s Masters II, Court and Spark, Debby Boone (album), Development of Red Dead Redemption 2, Don't Cry Out Loud (Melissa Manchester album), Don't Cry Out Loud (song), Don't Explain (Robert Palmer album), Duit on Mon Dei, Ear Candy (Helen Reddy album), Earth Rot, Evergreen, Volume 2, Feelin' Kinda Blues, Feelings (Milt Jackson album), For Sentimental Reasons (Linda Ronstadt album), Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits, Gonna Fly Now, Good Old Boys (Randy Newman album), Good Times!, Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture, Hard Times for Lovers, Harry's Choice!, Heavy Nova (album), Helen Reddy (album), I Love Everybody (Johnny Hartman album), I Remember Hank Williams, I Think I Love You, If I Were a Carpenter (Bobby Darin album), Insight Out, It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook, John Pisano, Juice (Juice Newton album), Keepin' the Summer Alive, Leland Sklar, Let's Love (album), List of jazz guitarists, List of songs recorded by Perry Como, List of years in jazz, Living Without Your Love, Love, Nancy, Lumpy Gravy, Lyle Ritz, Mackenna's Gold, Made in America (The Carpenters album), Magical Mystery, Magnum Force, Making Music (Bill Withers album), Mercy, Mercy, Mercy, Missing Links Volume Two, Montara (album), Music of Red Dead Redemption 2, Orange Crate Art, Pass Me By (album), Raga Rock (album), Revelation Records (jazz), Reza (album), Ridin' High (Robert Palmer album), Shankar Family & Friends, Shopping Bag, Skull Session, Só Danço Samba (album), Song Cycle (album), Sound Magazine, Stars (Cher album), Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films, Superman (Barbra Streisand album), Sweet Bird, Syreeta (1980 album), That's Life (Frank Sinatra album), The Birds, the Bees & the Monkees, The Capp-Pierce Juggernaut, The First Sessions, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Album, The New James, The Partridge Family Album, The Partridge Family Notebook, The Pawnbroker (film), The Stones Jazz, The World We Knew, The Wrecking Crew (music), Then and Now (David Cassidy album), Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It), Tokyo Rose (album), Tomorrow Is Here, Truth of Truths, Unforgettable Songs by Johnny Hartman, Unforgettable... with Love, Up to Date, What's New (Linda Ronstadt album), Who Is This Bitch, Anyway?, Windy (The Association song), Wonderful Life (Irene Kral album), Woody Jackson

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