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Plas John Johnson Jr. (/ p l æ z /) (born July 21, 1931) [1] is an American soul-jazz and hard bop tenor saxophonist, probably most widely known as the tenor saxophone soloist on Henry Mancini’s "The Pink Panther Theme". He also performs on alto and baritone sax as well as various flutes and clarinets.
"The Pink Panther Theme" is a jazz composition by Henry Mancini written as the theme for the 1963 film The Pink Panther and subsequently nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score at the 37th Academy Awards but lost to the Sherman Brothers for Mary Poppins.
The title song, "The Pink Panther Theme" was released as a single. It reached the Top 10 on the U.S. Billboard adult contemporary chart. The distinctive tenor saxophone of Plas Johnson is heard on the main title theme music.
Around 1966, he started providing musical scores for some Pink Panther animated shorts (as well as those of The Inspector), replacing William Lava. Greene's scores were built around "The Pink Panther Theme" composed by Henry Mancini, creating different variations of the famous theme. Unlike the music scores composed by Bill Lava, which were ...
"The Pink Panther Theme" (1964) " Charade " is a Parisian waltz with music by Henry Mancini and lyrics by Johnny Mercer performed in the 1963 film of the same name starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn .
He played saxophone on John Martyn's 1973 album, Solid Air and clarinet on Paul McCartney's recording of "I'll Give You a Ring", released in 1982, [5] Coe also worked with the Matrix, a small ensemble formed by clarinettist Alan Hacker , with a wide-ranging repertoire of early, classical, and contemporary music, the Danish Radio Big Band ...
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At the age of 14, around the same time his older brother started playing alto saxophone, he picked up the clarinet. [4] Michael started on the tenor saxophone in High School after reading the biography Chasin' the Trane about saxophonist John Coltrane. [5] Blake graduated with a Music Award from Vancouver Technical Secondary School in 1982.