82nd birthday of John Tchicai

(Born 28 April 1936, Copenhagen, Denmark)

INGENIOUS alto (and tenor) saxophonist, composer, bandleader, one of the most outstandingly ethereal soloists in the repertoire

(The New York Contemporary Five plays Bill Dixon’s composition, “Trio” – [personnel: Archie Shepp, tenor saxophone; Don Cherry, pocket trumpet;  Tchicai, alto saxophone; Don Moore, bass; JC Moses, drums [recorded: live, Jazzhus Montmarte, Copenhagen, Denmark, 15 November 1963][note particularly Tchicai’s ethereal solo - first - at this session])

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86th birthday of Marion Brown

(Born 8 September 1931, Atlanta, US)

DISTINGUISHED lyrical alto saxophonist, composer, and academic, with a distinct Youngesque-low-key seemingly effortless tone who is the second altoist (besides John Tchicai) in the historic 11-person ensemble that plays on John Coltrane’s composition, Ascension (June 1965)

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