www.sonnyfortune.com
Wikipedia.com
Sonny Fortune plays soprano, alto, tenor and barritone saxophones as well as the flute and clarinet. Before forming his own group in 1975 he performed with Miles Davis, Buddy Rich, Roy Ayers and Pharoah Sanders to name just a few.
Take a listen and make sure you check out the link to his website above for more information on this sax man.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
SONNY FORTUNE
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
STANLEY TURRENTINE
(April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000)
www.allaboutjazz.com
Wikipedia.com
Tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine is another name I've heard for a long time and I can't believe I almost forgot about him. He was nicknamed Mr. T and The Sugar Man. His first album entitled "Sugar" was released in 1970. There's not a whole lot of info that I was able to find on this man with sax appeal but his music speaks volumes. Since I didn't have much background information to provide please check out the links above for a couple of short biographies and just check out the two clips below which are, to me, great examples of The Sugar Man's sax appeal.
LESTER YOUNG
(August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959)
Image from Mosaic Records
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Lester Young Bio
Lester Young was a tenor saxophonist who also played the clarinet. He had a layed back, relaxed style which was in contrast to the aggressive style of Coleman Hawkins, another prominant sax player at the same time. He played with many bands/orchestra. The most noteable probably being the Count Basie orchestra and left for a short time to replace Coleman Hawkins in the Fletcher Henderson orchestra, but because he was under pressure to sound more like Coleman Hawkins left. Eventually he returned to the Count Basie orchestra.
He played with the great Billie Holiday who gave him the nickname "The Prez".
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