Name Harold Ousley Died August 13, 2015 | Albums Sweet Double Hipness | |
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Similar People Grassella Oliphant, Harold Vick, Neal Creque, Sonny Phillips, Keith Murray | ||
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Harold Lomax Ousley (January 23, 1929 – August 13, 2015) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and flautist.
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Born in Chicago, Ousley began playing in the late 1940s, and in the 1950s accompanied Billie Holiday and recorded with 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 further material as a leader. After 1977 he did not release another album under his own name until Grit-Grittin' Feelin' (2000).
Harold ousley the prodigal son
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As sideman
With Jack McDuff
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