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Rockin' in Rhythm is an album by The Swingville All-Stars nominally led by saxophonists Al Sears and Hilton Jefferson and trumpeter Taft Jordan recorded in 1960 and originally released on the Swingville label.
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John Pizzarelli – guitar, vocals; Tony Kadlech – trumpet; John Mosca – trombone, alto horn; Andy Fusco – alto saxophone, clarinet; Harry Allen – tenor saxophone, 4, 11 ...
He was born in Bastrop, a suburb of Austin, Texas, and studied trumpet in school, changing to saxophone later. As a teen he began emulating a touring band by buying a red suit with white pants. One night in 1941 a saxophone player did not show for a gig with the band and Houston took his place.
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[1] When the group returned to England, they won a contract with Decca Records, who released their first two singles, "Wah Wah Woo" and "Itty Bitty Pieces" in 1963. Although the group appeared on TV show Ready Steady Go!, the records were not hits, and the group, now managed by John Schroeder, signed a deal with Pye Records subsidiary Piccadilly.
Williams was born in Lewisburg, Tennessee, and grew up in Bowling Green, Kentucky, before moving with his parents to Detroit, Michigan, at the age of 13.He started learning saxophone and played in school bands before forming his own band, Paul Williams and his Kings of Rhythm, with the trumpeter Lloyd Henderson, in the mid-1930s, and playing in local clubs.
Taylor was one of the most requested session saxophone players in New York recording studios in the 1950s. [2] He also replaced Count Basie as the house bandleader on Alan Freed's radio series, Camel Rock 'n Roll Dance Party, on CBS. Taylor played the saxophone solo on Turner's "Shake, Rattle and Roll".