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The Crusaders, Bobby Womack, David T. Walker, Marvin Gaye. Wilton Lewis Felder (August 31, 1940 – September 27, 2015) was an American saxophone and bass player, and is best known as a founding member of the Jazz Crusaders, later known as The Crusaders. Felder played bass on the Jackson 5 's hits " I Want You Back " and " ABC " and on Marvin ...
David " Fathead " Newman (February 24, 1933 – January 20, 2009) [1] was an American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist, who made numerous recordings as a session musician and leader, but is best known for his work as a sideman on seminal 1950s and early 1960s recordings by Ray Charles. The AllMusic Guide to Jazz wrote that "there have not ...
A major feature of the blues scale is the use of blue notes—notes that are played or sung microtonally, at a slightly higher or lower pitch than standard. [5] However, since blue notes are considered alternative inflections, a blues scale may be considered to not fit the traditional definition of a scale. [6]
Andrew Woolfolk, a saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist for Earth, Wind & Fire has died after an illness, band frontman Philip Bailey said in a social media Andrew Woolfolk, sax player for Earth ...
William M. "Wild Bill" Moore (June 13, 1918 – August 1, 1983) was an American R&B and jazz tenor saxophone player. Moore earned a modest hit on the Hot R&B charts with "We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll", which also was one of the earliest rock and roll records according to some sources. Moore was born in Detroit Michigan and began playing ...
Saxophone. Years active. 1972–2020. Alto Reed (born Thomas Neal Cartmell, May 16, 1948 – December 30, 2020) [1] was an American saxophonist best known as a long-time member of Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band [2][3] He was a 1966 graduate of Lake Shore High School in St. Clair Shores, Michigan [4]
Eddie Harris (October 20, 1934 – November 5, 1996) was an American jazz musician, best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone. He was also fluent on the electric piano and organ. His best-known compositions are "Freedom Jazz Dance", popularized by Miles Davis in 1966, and "Listen Here".
Earth, Wind & Fire sax player Andrew Woolfolk dies at 71. Brian Niemietz. April 26, 2022 at 12:16 PM. 1 / 2. ... The sax player and Bailey both joined the jazzy, funky R&B band around 1972 and ...