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Ben F. Branch (January 8, 1928 – August 27, 1987) [1] [2] was an American entrepreneur, jazz tenor saxophonist, and bandleader. Although known as the last person Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to moments before his assassination in 1968, [ 3 ] Branch had been a jazz bandleader for many years.
His father had brought an alto saxophone home from the service and when Hank entered Manassas High School, he took it up in order to join the band. He credits Charlie Parker, Louis Jordan, Earl Bostic and Johnny Hodges as early influences. Crawford appears on an early 1952 Memphis recording for B.B. King, with a band including Ben Branch and ...
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Jazz saxophonists are musicians who play various types of saxophones (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone etc.) in jazz and its associated subgenres. The techniques and instrumentation of this type of performance have evolved over the 20th century, influenced by both movements of musicians that became the subgenres and by particularly influential sax players who helped reshape ...