McCoy Tyner

McCoy Tyner

male, 70 years old
Modal jazz pianist, STACCATO, Pennsylvania musician, Mainstream jazz pianist, Post-bop pianist, Hard-bop pianist…tenorsax
Alfred McCoy Tyner (born December 11 1938) is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, best known for his work with the John Coltrane...
Frank Wess

Frank Wess

male, 87 years old
Harry Edison, American jazz saxophonist, American jazz flautist, Cool jazz saxophonist, From Kansas City, National Endowment for the Arts…tenorsax, alto sax
Frank Foster-saxophonist and musical director of the Count Basie orchestra-is an interviewer's dream. Candid and articulate, he doesn't even need...
T-Bone Walker

T-Bone Walker

male, deceased (1975)
death by stroke, musician, Capitol Records, double bass, Columbia Records, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee…tenorsax
Aaron Thibeaux Walker or T-Bone Walker or Oak Cliff T-Bone (May 28, 1910 - March 16, 1975) was an American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter,...
Paul Williams

Paul Williams

male, deceased (2002)
composer, savoy, saxophonist, rock and roll, American, tenorsax
Paul Williams was an American blues and rhythm and blues saxophonist and composer. In his "Honkers and Shouters", Arnold Shaw credits Williams as...
Bobby Jaspar

Bobby Jaspar

male, 83 years old
Flautist, Cool jazz flautist, Belgian jazz saxophonist, Hard-bop flautist, Hard-bop saxophonist, Cool jazz saxophonist…tenorsax
Bobby Jaspar was a cool jazz and hard bop saxophonist, flautist and composer born in Liège, Belgium. At a very young age, he learned to play piano a...
Dick Morrissey

Dick Morrissey

male, deceased (2000)
jazz musician, composer, Jazz saxophonist, British, jazz, flute…tenorsax, soprano sax
Richard Edwin Morrissey (May 9 1940, Horley, Surrey - November 8 2000, Deal, Kent) was a British jazz musician and composer. He played tenor sax,...
Arthur Prysock

Arthur Prysock

male
Old Town Records, Buddy Johnson, Old Time Records, Roy Brown, Ray Noble, Rhythm and Blues Foundation…tenorsax
Arthur Prysock was an American jazz singer best known for his live shows and his baritone influenced by Billy Eckstine. Born in Spartanburg, South...
Shep Fields

Shep Fields

male, deceased (1981)
Bandleader, Bluebird Records, American, palmer house, tenorsax, disc jockey
Shep Fields (September 12, 1910 - February 23, 1981) was the band leader for "Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm". He was born in Brooklyn, New...

J.J. Jackson

male
Bronx, composed, Billboard Hot 100, music composition, drums, guitar…tenorsax
Jerome Louis "J.J." Jackson, born in Bronx, New York, is a soul/R&B singer, songwriter, and arranger. His singing style is as a belter. Jackson...