Tyrone Washington (musician)

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Instruments Tenor saxophone Genres Jazz Role Musical Artist		Name Tyrone Washington Years active 1967–1974 Albums Natural Essence

Occupation(s) Bandleader, composer, saxophonist Similar People Heiner Stadler, Reggie Workman, Lenny White

Tyrone Washington (born 1944) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

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He is known best for his 1967 debut album for Blue Note Records. Washington did not record after 1974 and Ken Dryden speculates "...his name doesn't show up in jazz encyclopedias, so one wonders if he died prematurely or quit music for some other reason", while Jason Sositko comments: "Not a whole heck of a lot is known about this fine tenor saxophonist, apparently he left the music world entirely for his religious faith..."

As leader

1967: Natural Essence with Woody Shaw, James Spaulding, Kenny Barron, Reggie Workman, Joe Chambers (Blue Note)

1968: Unreleased Session with Herbie Hancock, Herbie Lewis, Jack DeJohnette (Blue Note)

1973: Roots with Stafford James, Clifford Barbaro Barconadhi, Hubert Eaves III) (Perception)

1974: Do Right with Hubert Eaves III, Billy Nichols, René McLean, Idris Muhammad) (Blue Labor)

As sideman

With Stanley Cowell

Brilliant Circles (Freedom, 1969)

With Roswell Rudd

Blown Bone (Philips, 1976)

With Horace Silver

The Jody Grind (Blue Note, 1966)

With Heiner Stadler

Brains on Fire (Labor, 1973)

With Larry Young

Contrasts (Blue Note, 1967)

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As leader

As sideman

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