Charlie Barnett, a star of Russian Doll, is getting married!
Drew Bender, a set designer, and Barnett are engaged, and they intend to wed soon in Wyoming.
The actor, who is from Florida, said to Page Six that he worked on a ranch during the summers of his college years and learned about the history of Black cowboys and escaped slaves in that area of the country, evidently having a lasting impression if he loved it enough to get married there.
Charlie Barnett wife: Is Charlie Barnett married?
In 1949 he retired, apparently because he had lost interest in music. He was able to retire when he chose because he was one of the few heirs in a very wealthy family.
He occasionally returned from retirement for brief tours but never returned to music full-time. In 1956, he released an album, Dance Bash, which was recorded over five years from 1947 to 1952.
Known for a unique sound and hard-swinging style on tenor saxophone, Barnet in the late 1930s added the alto saxophone to his arsenal, followed by the soprano saxophone, an instrument that had fallen out of favor after the 1920s and was not generally used in the big band era.
