Sonny Red

Sonny Red ( Kyner ) ( born December 17, 1932 as Junior Sylvester Kyner in Detroit, there † 20 March 1981) was an American hard bop saxophonist of.

Sonny Red Kyner first played C- melody saxophone, but decreased in 1949 for the alto saxophone over. From 1949 to 1952 he worked with Barry Harris, in 1954 tenor saxophonist with Art Blakey and Frank Rosolino, 1957, he came to New York and has since worked as a freelance musician. He took on plates with Clifford Jordan, Paul Quinichette, Yusef Lateef, Tommy Flanagan / Curtis Fuller as well as under his own name.

Selected plates

As a leader

As a sideman

  • Tommy Flanagan & Curtis Fuller: Jazz .... It's Magic! ( Savoy, 1957)
  • Clifford Jordan: New Trombone ( OJC, 1957), Mosaic ( Milestone, 1961)
  • Yusef Lateef: The Blue Yusef Lateef (Atlantic, 1968)
  • Paul Quinichette: On The Sunny Side ( OJC, 1957)

Literature source

  • Martin Kunzler: Jazz Encyclopedia, Reinbek, Rowohlt, 1993
  • Bielefeld Catalog Jazz 2001
  • Richard Cook & Morton, Brian: The Penguin Guide To Jazz on CD, 6th Edition, London, Penguin, 2002 ISBN 0-14-017949-6.
  • Jazz saxophonist
  • American musician
  • Born in 1932
  • Died in 1981
  • Man
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