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Walter Benton
Walter Benton (1930 – 2000) was an excellent modern tenorsax player appearing with Clifford Brown, Quincy Jones, Max Roach and others around the late fifties but disappeared from view as still a young man… … Read entire article »
Filed under: Tenorsax
Herschel Evans
Herschel Evans (1910 – 1939) was a tenorsax giant, one of the greatest of the swing era, known for his participation in Count Basie’s famous orchestra, but his heart failed when he still was a young man with so much promise… … Read entire article »
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Lester Young (part 1)
Lester Young (1909 – 1959) was one of the greatest artists in jazz, the creator of completely new concepts on how the tenorsax was supposed to be played, and his works with Teddy Wilson, Billie Holiday and Count Basie will truly be immortal… … Read entire article »
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Hilton Jefferson
Hilton Jefferson (1903 – 1968) was in possession of the sweetest and most lovely altosax sound, almost to the point of camouflaging his great qualities as jazz improviser… … Read entire article »
Filed under: Altosax
Ray Perry
Ray Perry (1915 – 1950) was one of the swingiest violin players, known mostly for his work with Lionel Hampton but also as an artist with one leg in swing and one in modern jazz… … Read entire article »
Filed under: Violin
Leon “Chu” Berry
Leon “Chu” Berry (1910 – 1941) was one the most brilliant tenorsax players ever in jazz history, an unlimited and incredible improviser, the personification of swing in the young Oslo Jazz Circle, but tragically killed in a car crash… … Read entire article »
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Greely Walton
Greely Walton (1905 – 1993) was one of the early tenorsax players, mostly known for his recordings with Luis Russell in the very early thirties… … Read entire article »
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Your Guide to the Treasures of Vintage Jazz
Dear jazz friends all over the world, Jan Evensmo was the founder of Jazzarcheology.com, a guide to the treasures of Vintage Jazz. Unfortunately, our dear Jazz Archeologist passed away the 4th of February 2024.