Harold Ousley
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Harold Lomax Ousley (born January 23, 1929, Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist and flautist.[1]
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.[1] 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 further material as a leader. After 1972 he did not release another album under his own name until his most recent effort, 2000's Grit-Grittin' Feelin'.[1]
[edit] Discography
- Tenor Sax (Bethlehem Records, 1961)
- Sweet Double Hipness (Muse Records, 1972)
- The Kid (Cobblestone Records, 1972)
- The People's Groove (Muse Records, 1972)
- That's When We Thought of Love (Digi-Rom, 1992)
- Grit-Grittin' Feelin' (Delmark Records, 2000)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Alex Henderson. "Harold Ousley". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p7271/biography. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
[edit] External links
- Harold Ousley at Artistdirect.com
- The Kid album review at Soul-sides.com
- Sweet Double Hipness album review
