Everett Clarence Clemons and Bruce Springsteen in 1988
Clarence Clemons, long a member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, died Saturday in Florida, following a stroke suffered June 12. He was 69 years old.
Known for his distinctive sound on tenor saxophone, Clemons was dubbed the Big Man by Springsteen, who hired him to join his nascent group in the early ‘70s. In his song “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out,” Springsteen credited Clemons’s arrival as a seminal moment in his career. Clemons...
Clarence Clemons, long a member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, died Saturday in Florida, following a stroke suffered June 12. He was 69 years old.
Known for his distinctive sound on tenor saxophone, Clemons was dubbed the Big Man by Springsteen, who hired him to join his nascent group in the early ‘70s. In his song “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out,” Springsteen credited Clemons’s arrival as a seminal moment in his career. Clemons...
- 6/19/2011
- by Jim Fusilli
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Jazz aficionados know him by name, but almost anyone exposed to music is familiar with his playing. His is the purring sax solo on Henry Mancini's famous "Pink Panther" movie theme song. Plas is the featured soloist heard on countless albums, including those of such artists as Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Nat King Cole, Barbra Streisand, Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald, Linda Ronstadt and Sarah Vaughan. Plas' recent recordings include his own albums "Hot, Blue and Saxy" and "Evening Delight". Plas Johnson combines some of the best elements of jazz and blues and is admired and emulated by sax players worldwide.
- 4/29/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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