Ken errair four freshmen biography

American male vocal quartet

For the Irish showband, see The Freshmen (band).

The Four Freshmen is an American male vocal quartet that blends open-harmonic^{[citation needed]} jazz arrangements with the big band vocal group sounds of The Modernaires, The Pied Pipers, and The Mel-Tones, founded in the barbershop tradition.

The singers accompany themselves on guitar, horns, bass, and drums, among other instrumental configurations.

The group was founded in 1948 in Indiana and reached its peak popularity in the mid-1950s.

Four freshmen and five trombones

The last original member retired in 1993,^[2] but the group continues to tour internationally. It has recorded jazz harmonies since its founding in the late 1940s in the halls of the Jordan School of Music at Butler University in Indianapolis.^[3]

History

Early beginnings

Brothers Don and Ross Barbour grew up in a musical family in Columbus, Indiana, and had sung with their cousin Bob Flanigan as kids.

In 1947