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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 Gaye ...
Joe Henderson. Joe Henderson (April 24, 1937 – June 30, 2001) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. In a career spanning more than four decades, Henderson played with many of the leading American players of his day and recorded for several prominent labels, including Blue Note, Milestone, and Verve.
Steve Lacy (born Steven Norman Lackritz; July 23, 1934 – June 4, 2004) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer recognized as one of the important players of soprano saxophone. [ 1 ] Coming to prominence in the 1950s as a progressive dixieland musician, Lacy went on to a long and prolific career. He worked extensively in experimental ...
Maceo.com. Maceo Parker (/ ˈmeɪsioʊ /; born February 14, 1943) [1] is an American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s, Parliament-Funkadelic in the 1970s and Prince in the 2000s. Parker was a prominent soloist on many of Brown's hit recordings, and a key part of his band, playing alto, tenor ...
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 ...
Hamiet Bluiett (BLUE-et; September 16, 1940 – October 4, 2018) [ 1 ] was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. His primary instrument was the baritone saxophone, and he was considered one of the finest players of this instrument. A member of the World Saxophone Quartet, he also played (and recorded with) the bass saxophone ...
Hubert Laws (born November 10, 1939) [1] is an American flutist and saxophonist with a career spanning over 50 years in jazz, classical, and other music genres.Laws is one of the few classical artists who has also mastered jazz, pop, and rhythm-and-blues genres, moving effortlessly from one repertory to another. [2]
The Jazz Crusaders chronology. Uh Huh (1967) Lighthouse '68 (1968) Powerhouse (1968) Singles from Lighthouse '68. "Ooga-Boo-Ga-Loo / Eleanor Rigby". Lighthouse '68 is a live album by The Jazz Crusaders recorded in 1967 and released on the Pacific Jazz label. [ 1 ][ 2 ]