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Topic: Arthur Blythe, Jazz Saxophonist, Dead at 76

Posted By: snobb
Subject: Arthur Blythe, Jazz Saxophonist, Dead at 76
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2017 at 8:55am

Jazz saxophonist https://www.discogs.com/artist/165824-Arthur-Blythe" rel="nofollow - Arthur Blythe has died, according to http://wbgo.org/post/arthur-blythe-powerful-alto-saxophonist-who-gracefully-straddled-styles-dies-76#stream/0" rel="nofollow - WBGO and his https://www.facebook.com/arthur.blythe.7/posts/1202773843155030" rel="nofollow - Facebook . He was 76 years old. In https://www.thewire.co.uk/news/27687/free-download-in-return-for-arthur-blythe-donation" rel="nofollow - recent years , Blythe reportedly struggled with Parkinson’s disease. Blythe was born in Los Angeles. Occasionally credited as “Black Arthur Blythe,” his first recording was on the Horace Tapscott Quintet’s 1969 album The Giant Is Awakened. The avant-garde alto saxophonist began a long recording career as a bandleader starting with 1977’s The Grip. In 1979, he signed to Columbia and released two albums that same year: In the Tradition and Lenox Avenue Breakdown. In the Tradition inspired an https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgmCpn_jILk" rel="nofollow - Amiri Baraka poem of the same name, while Lenox Avenue Breakdown was praised by The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings as “one of the masterpieces of modern jazz.” Blythe also recorded with Gil Evans, Steve Reid, McCoy Tyner, Mose Allison, and others. His last album was 2003’s Exhale.

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Posted By: js
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2017 at 9:03am

Bummer, saw him in Houston with DeJohnette in 1980 when they were spearheading a return to 'real jazz' in the face of a moribund fusion scene. It was an excellent performance.