American jazz alto saxophonist (also tenor saxophone, heckelphone, oboe and English horn), born August 4, 1933 in Sicily Island, LA; died April 6, 2021.
Moved with family to Oakland, California, in the early 1940s. IN 1954 he met Prince Lasha, with whom he recorded in the 1960s. Later in groups with his wife Barbara Donald. Retired from music in the early 1970s, making a come back c. 1990.
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Renegade Society NYC 20027 Dec 2015Vinyl
Nomadic27 Nov 2014Vinyl
Free Within the Law27 May 2008Vinyl
Last Man Standing2007Vinyl
I'll See You When You Get There2006Vinyl
The Traveller14 Jun 2005Vinyl
American Jungle1997Vinyl
Manhattan Egos1969Vinyl
Music From The Spheres1968Vinyl
Staying On The Watch1966Vinyl
Jazz Tempo, Latin Accents!27 Apr 1965VinylRecords from Discogs, completed with the release lists of Deezer. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.
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