- Born
- 1948
- Birthplace
- Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
- Members
- Ross Barbour (baritone vocals, trumpet, piano, drums, 1948-77), Don Barbour (second tenor, guitar, 1948-60), Marvin Pruitt (lead vocals, tenor vocals, 1948), Bob Flanigan (lead vocals, tenor vocals, trombone, bass, 1948-92), Hal Kratzsch (bass vocals, bass guitar, trumpet, mellophone, 1948-1953), Ken Errair (vocals, 1953-56), Ken Albers (1956-1982), Bill Comstock (1960-73), Ray Brown (1973-77), Autie Goodman (1977-92), Dennis Grillo (1977-82), Rod Henley (1982-86, 1987), Mike Beisner (1982-90, 1991-94), Dave Jennings (1986-87), Newton Graber (1987), Kirk Marcy (1987-88), Gary Lee Rosenberg (1988-91), Greg Stegeman (1989-2001), Bob Ferreira (vocals, drums, 1992-present), Kevin Stout (1992-99), Alan McIntosh (1994-96), Brian Eichenberger (lead vocals, piano, guitar, bass, 1996-present), Vince Johnson (vocals, bass, guitar, trombone, 1999-present), Curtis Calderon (trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals, 2001-present)
The Four Freshmen is an American male vocal band quartet that blends open-harmonic jazz arrangements with the big band vocal group sounds of The Modernaires (Glenn Miller), The Pied Pipers (Tommy Dorsey), and The Mel-Tones (Artie Shaw), founded in the barbershop tradition. The Four Freshmen is considered a vocal band because the singers accompany themselves on guitar, horns, bass, and drums, among other instrumental configurations.
The last original member retired in 1993,[ but the group still tours internationally to sold-out audiences and has recorded jazz harmonies since its late 1940s founding in the halls of the Jordan School of Music at Butler University (Indianapolis)