"The great Scottish jazz musician Joe Temperley has died at the age of 86.
One of the most respected jazz saxophonists in the world, Temperley, from Lochgelly in Fife, passed away on Wednesday. He left Scotland for London in the 1950s and played in Humphrey Lyttelton's band before moving to North America in the 1960s. Temperley, who started playing the sax when he was 14, took the baritone chair in the Duke Ellington Orchestra. In recent years he had been a long-serving member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, under Wynton Marsalis." - BBC Scotland
Some very fond obits on the net. Highly regarded to the end
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One of the most respected jazz saxophonists in the world, Temperley, from Lochgelly in Fife, passed away on Wednesday. He left Scotland for London in the 1950s and played in Humphrey Lyttelton's band before moving to North America in the 1960s. Temperley, who started playing the sax when he was 14, took the baritone chair in the Duke Ellington Orchestra. In recent years he had been a long-serving member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, under Wynton Marsalis." - BBC Scotland
Some very fond obits on the net. Highly regarded to the end
RIP
BN.
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