10 Facts About Eddie Duran

Edward Lozano Duran was an American jazz guitarist from San Francisco.

Eddie Duran recorded often with Vince Guaraldi and was a member of the Benny Goodman orchestra during the 1970s.

Eddie Duran started on piano at age seven and switched to guitar at 12.

Eddie Duran was in a trio with his brothers, Carlos Duran and Manny Duran, from 1948 to 1952.

Around 1957, Eddie 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.

All three Eddie Duran brothers were members of Cal Tjader's Mambo Quintet in the mid 1950s.

From 1976 to 1981, Eddie 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.

Eddie Duran crossed paths with Getz again in 1983 while recording the Dee Bell studio album, Let There Be Love.

Mad Duran, who is twenty-eight years younger than Eddie Duran, is a classically trained clarinetist and saxophonist and music educator.

Eddie Duran died on November 22,2019, at the age of 94.