The Greatest Alto Sax Player of All Time!

Earl Bostic (April 25, 1913 – October 28, 1965) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues alto saxophonist, and a pioneer of the post-war American Rhythm and Blues style. He could play faster and higher than any other saxophonist, and had a number of popular hits such as "Flamingo", "Harlem Nocturne", "Temptation", "Sleep" and "Where or When", which showed off his characteristic growl on the horn.Bostic used a Beechler mouthpiece with a tenor saxophone reed on his Martin Committee model alto sax. He was a major influence on John Coltrane.

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A FEW OF EARL'S MANY ALBUMS

Photos, interviews, discography, history

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