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Harold Ousley
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American jazz tenor saxophonist and flautist (1929-2015)
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It is catalogued under topics including 1929 births, 2015 deaths and 20th-century American flautists.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1929
- Active to
- 2015
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 820
- Total plays
- 4,776
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Harold Lomax Ousley (born January 23, 1929, Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist and flautist. Ousley began playing in the late 1940s, and in the 1950s recorded behind vocalists such as Billie Holiday and Dinah Washington. He played as a sideman with Gene Ammons in the 1950s and with Jack McDuff and George Benson in the 1960s. He released his first record as a leader in 1961. In the 1970s he played with Lionel Hampton and Count Basie in addition to releasing fu
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Harold
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- flute
- Record label
- Cobblestone Records
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- date of birth
- 1929-01-23
- date of death
- 2015-08-13
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