Sonny Fortune
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Sonny Fortune (Cornelius Fortune, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S, May 19, 1939 – October 25, 2018) was an American jazz saxphonist. Fortune played soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones, clarinet, and flute. After moving to New York City in 1967, Fortune recorded and appeared live with drummer Elvin Jones's group. In 1968 he was a member of Mongo Santamaría's band. He performed with singer Leon Thomas, and with pianist McCoy Tyner (1971–73). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sonny+Fort
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- Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sonny
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- free jazz
- Instrument
- electric guitar
- Record label
- Blue Note
- Official website
- www.sonnyfortune.com
- Image
- Sonny Fortune photo.jpg
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- Sonny Fortune
- date of birth
- 1939-05-19
- date of death
- 2018-10-25
- cause of death
- cerebrovascular disease
- start of work period
- 1966-00-00
- end of work period
- 2018-10-25
- manner of death
- natural causes
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