Tag Archives: James Spaulding

Probably the to begin several saxophone-only ensembles who proliferated in jazz after 1975, the WSQ is obviously probably the most commercially (and, probably, the most artistically) successful. Needless to say, commercial success is normally a relative part of jazz, particularly when one is talking about an avant-garde group. But unlike …

An excellent alto saxophonist and flutist who is able to change from bop and really difficult bop to extremely adventurous flights, Adam Spaulding gained his ideal recognition while an associate of Freddie Hubbard’s quintet within the mid-’60s. He examined on the Chicago Cosmopolitan College of Music and gigged and documented …