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Jazz tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons would have turned 100 this week : NPR
Born on April 14, 1925, Ammons was a second-generation jazz musician from Chicago, who earned consideration for his fiery work in Billy Eckstine's large band, and his...
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Gene Barge, R&B Saxophonist Who Performed on Landmark Hits, Dies at 98
Gene Barge, one of many final surviving saxophonists of the golden age of R&B, whose profession ran the gamut of Twentieth-century Black standard music, died on Sunday at his dwelling in Chicago. He...