Joe Temperley

Joe Temperley ( born September 20, 1929 in Lochgelly, Scotland ) is a British saxophonist (baritone saxophone and soprano saxophone), and bass clarinetist.

Life and work

Joe Temperley first played in dance orchestras and was then known as a member of the band of Humphrey Lyttelton, where he remained from 1958 to 1965. In 1965 he moved to New York City, where he. Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, Joe Henderson, Duke Pearson, the Jazz Composer's Orchestra, the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra, Clark Terry worked In October 1974, he was with the Duke Ellington Orchestra on tour as a replacement for Harry Carney.

In the 1980s, Temperley played in the Broadway show Sophisticated Ladies and contributed to the soundtracks to the Cotton Club, Biloxi Blues, Brighton Beach Memoirs, When Harry Met Sally, and Tune In Tomorrow with.

Temperley is co-founder of the Fife Youth Jazz Orchestra, a Scottish program for young researchers. Under his own name Temperley released a number of albums, like Nightingale (1991 ) with pianist Brian Lemon, Sunbeam and Thundercloud with Dave McKenna ( 1996), With Every Breath (1998 ) and Double Duke ( 1999) with musicians from the environment of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, of which he is a member; He also teaches at the Juilliard School for Jazz Studies. In the early 1990s, he worked on Joe Henderson's big band production Shade of Jade.