Clifford Solomon
Clifford "King" Solomon (January 17, 1931 – June 21, 2004) was an American jazz and R&B musician. Solomon was born in Los Angeles and learned to play clarinet from an early age and picked up saxophone when he was 13. In the late 1940s he played with T-Bone Walker and Pee Wee Crayton, then joined the band of Roy Porter in 1948-1949, and soon after played with Lionel Hampton, Floyd Ray, Art Farmer, Annie Ross, Gigi Gryce, Clifford Brown, Charles Brown, and then Hampton again.
Clifford Solomon
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- 1931 · Los Angeles.
- Died
- 2004 · Los Angeles.
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- United States
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- musician · saxophonist
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Born at Los Angeles in 1931, died in Los Angeles in 2004.
Clifford Solomon (1931–2004) was an American musician and saxophonist.
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- 1.Bogdanov, Vladimir. All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues. Hal Leonard Corporation. 2003. 9780879307363.
- 2.De La Parra, Fito (2000). Living the Blues. Canned Heat's Story of Music, Drugs, Death, Sex and Survival. .
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- Howard Rye, "Clifford Solomon". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld, 2004.
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