Stanley "Buzz" Brauner (March 1, 1930 – January 31, 2001)[1][2] was an American jazz instrumentalist and New York City studio musician who played saxophone, flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, recorder, and many other woodwind instruments.

Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1930, he toured the United States from 1945 to 1959 with bandleaders including Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Art Mooney, Ted Lewis, Richard Maltby, Buddy Morrow, and Les Elgart, except for a brief service in the U.S. Army from 1954 to 1956.

[14] Not liking his birth name of Stanford, he changed his name to Stanley, however he quickly earned the stage name "Buzz" due to his distinctive tenor saxophone sound.

Touring with bandleaders including Ted Lewis, Richard Maltby, Buddy Morrow, and Les Elgart, he eventually joined the Jimmy Dorsey band in around 1952 on tenor saxophone.

He served in the Special Services in the 69th Army Band at Fort Dix in New Jersey, attaining the rank of corporal.

[3][10][11] In 1959, after the deaths of both Tommy and Jimmy, Brauner stopped touring and began taking jobs in New York City.

"[11] In 1962 at age 32, Brauner married Marilyn Seltzer, an elementary school music teacher and pianist.