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John Gilmore
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- Works
- 39
Top works
- Fulfilling the Prophecies
- Storm Warriors
- Birth of Chaos
- Return to Being Human Religiously
- Solomon's Scepter and the Rise of Anti-Christ
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1931
- Active to
- 1995
folkfolk rock
Discography
Member of
- The Sun Ra Arkestra1953–1995
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- Listeners
- 230
- Total plays
- 907
John Gilmore (28 September or 29 October 1931 in Summit, Mississippi-19 August or 20 August 1995 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States) was an American jazz tenor saxophone player best-known for his long tenure as a member of Sun Ra's Arkestra. Aside from his primary instrument of tenor sax, Gilmore occasionally played bass clarinet and percussion. Gilmore grew up in Chicago and played clarinet from the age of 14. He took up the tenor saxophone while serving in the United States Air Forc
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Gilmore
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Summit
- Place of death
- Philadelphia
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Record label
- Blue Note
- Image
- JohnGilmore2.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1931-09-28
- date of death
- 1995-08-20
- different from
- John Gilmore
- start of work period
- 1952-00-00
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