BIRTHDAY
Sep 15, 1928 September 15
BIRTHPLACE
Tampa Florida
DEATH DATE
Aug 8, 2024 (age 46)
BIRTH SIGN
About
Influential jazz saxophonist who released his best known single, "Mercy Mercy Mercy," in 1966.
Trivia
He released over forty albums as a band leader between 1950 and 1975.
Before Fame
He played with Ray Charles as a teenager in the 1940s.
Family Life
He married singer Olga James in 1962.
Associated With
He was featured on Miles Davis' 1959 album, Kind of Blue.