Bill Saxton
William Edward Saxton (born June 28, 1946, in New York City) is an American hard bop tenor saxophonist. He studied clarinet, composition and arrangement at the New England Conservatory in Boston, graduating in 1973, and worked with Pharoah Sanders, Jackie McLean and Bennie Maupin. He began working with Dannie Richmond in 1979, and he later worked with Charlie Persip's big band and Errol Parker.
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Bill Saxton
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- Birth Name
- William Edward Saxton
- Born
- 28 June 1946
- Birthplace
- New York City, U.S.
- Occupation
- Saxophonist
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- jazz
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He has worked with Frank Foster, Clark Terry, Carmen McRae, Nancy Wilson, Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Roy Ayers, Bobby Watson and Roy Haynes. He was a Friday-night regular in Nick's jazz pub in Harlem, before he fulfilled a dream of his and opened "New York's only Jazz Speakeasy", "Bill's Place", on West 133rd Street in Harlem in 2006.
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• Birth Name — William Edward Saxton • Born — 28 June 1946 • Birthplace — New York City, U.S. • Instrument — Tenor saxophone • Genre — * Jazz • hard bop • Occupation — Saxophonist
As leader
As leader
• Beneath the Surface (Nilva, 1984) with John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Alvin Queen • Atymony (Jazzline, 1993) with Carlos McKinney, Omar Avital, Noel Parris
As sideman
As sideman
With Ted Curson • I Heard Mingus (Interplay, 1980) With Billy Gault • When Destiny Calls (SteepleChase, 1974) With Big John Patton • Blue Planet Man (Evidence, 1993) With Jimmy Ponder • Mean Streets – No Bridges (Muse, 1987) With Dannie Richmond • Ode to Mingus (Soul Note, 1979) With Charles Tolliver • With Love (Blue Note, 2006) • Emperor March: Live at the Blue Note (Half Note, 2008 [2009])
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1946
Bill Saxton born at New York City.
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