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A dynamic composer and an innovator for the electrified saxophone (using echo effects quite effectively), John Klemmer was also an extremely solid Coltrane-inspired acoustic tenor saxophonist. His single saxophone recordings preceded soft jazz and modern and his selection of tasks earned him significant amounts of crossover charm which includes his …

Joe Farrell’s CTI albums of 1970-1976, which combined jointly his hard bop design with some pop and fusion components, produced him briefly well-liked by listeners unfamiliar with his previous work. Farrell started playing clarinet when he was 11 and, after graduating from the School of Illinois in 1959, he transferred …