Don Rendell
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Donald Percy "Don" Rendell (b. 1926) is an English jazz musician and arranger, specialising on tenor saxophone, but also playing soprano saxophone, flute, and clarinet. Born on born 4th March 1926 to two musicians in Plymouth, England, Rendell's jazz career began at the age of fifteen, with the alto sax, though after a few years he switched to tenor. He started his professional career playing with big bands, first on U.S. bases for the U.S.O. in 1944, and then with various bands, including the
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Don
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Plymouth
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- tenor saxophone
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- date of birth
- 1926-03-04
- date of death
- 2015-10-20
- start of work period
- 1943-00-00
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