Then Tour comes in with a guitar riff worthy of onetime boss John Lee Hooker, and Pee Wee Ellis, James Brown's ex-saxophonist, blows on through.
From enlisting Eddie Van Halen for the guitar solo in "Beat It" to borrowing the now famous refrain "Mama-se, mama-sa, mama-coo-sa" from a Cameroonian saxophonist, Michael .
What's more, she is surrounded by the finest sidemen of the era (1935-42), including pianist Teddy Wilson and her musical and emotional soul mate, tenor saxophonist Lester Young.
Fairfield Theatre Company Welcomes Saxophonist Bill Evans to StageOne Legendary saxophonist, Bill Evans & Soul Grass are coming to StageOne ,thanks to Fairfield Theatre Company. (PRWeb June 14, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10826543.htm
June 14, 2013 - PRWeb
On the Market: Six-time Grammy-winning saxophonist David Sanborn has... Six-time Grammy-winning saxophonist David Sanborn has high hopes for his handsome brick townhouse, around the corner from Lincoln Center on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The jazz legend is asking $12M for the five-bed, four-bath home, which he tried and failed...
June 14, 2013 - Curbed
Nat Hentoff in Marblehead Reporter In fact, jazz critic Nat Hentoff wrote in Jazz Times, "Saxophonist Sonny Fortune ought to be a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master."
Mike Stern in Vancouver Sun Miles and Jaco were very open-minded,says Stern. "A lot of the greats are that way. [Saxophonist] Joe Henderson was at my place once going through my record collection and he pulled out one by [blues guitarist] Stevie Ray Vaughan and said...