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Eric Kloss, a talented high-powered altoist with an open up mind toward funk and particular areas of pop music, documented a long group of good albums for Prestige and Muse through the mid-’60s in to the past due ’70s. Blind since delivery, Kloss started playing appropriately in Pittsburgh in the …

b. 6 Dec 1937, Newark, NJ, USA, d. 30 Sept 2003, Newark, NJ, USA. As a little child, Gladden exhibited a precocious desire for drumming, hammering aside at the home furniture until his mom bought him a couple of drums. He went to Newark’s Arts SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, majoring in …

Alto saxophonist and flutist influenced by bop and classical. He’s similar to Richie Cole and Frankie Wess, and obviously in their group.

Among the “Little Lions” from the later ’80s, altoist Christopher Hollyday created a big mix when he appeared in the picture, but maintained a surprisingly low profile following the early ’90s. He began playing alto when he was nine, created quickly, and was playing in night clubs when he was …

Bobby Enriquez had the nickname of “the Wildman,” a name he earned through his extremely hyper piano using. A virtuoso who was simply generally self-taught from age four, Enriquez was a specialist by enough time he was 14. In the 1960s, he performed in Manila, Hong Kong, and Honolulu, getting …