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‘80s Music Legend Pays Tribute to Cleto Escobedo III Following His Death at 59

Just after the news broke about Cleto Escobedo III’s death, ’80s music legend Paula Abdul took to social media to pay tribute ...
Billboard

Sax Player Boots Randolph Dead At 80

Boots Randolph, a saxophone player best known for the 1963 hit "Yakety Sax," died Tuesday. By Associated Press Boots Randolph, a saxophone player best known for the 1963 hit “Yakety Sax,” died Tuesday ...
Los Angeles Times

‘The best tenor player in the world’: Pharoah Sanders at 80

These days, the great tenor saxophonist and composer Pharoah Sanders shuffles when he walks, the result of a broken hip last year that’s on the mend. The free-jazz titan moved slowly across the dance ...
Arizona Daily Star

Sax player Griffin, 'the Little Giant' of jazz, dies at 80

PARIS — Jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin, who played with America's greats including Thelonious Monk and Lionel Hampton but chose to live in France, died hours before a concert, his agent said Saturday ...
The New Zealand Herald

Forward Thinking: Got sax on the brain

It would appear that since the return of 80s-sounding synthesizers, that the great 80s saxophone revival is upon us, as proudly demonstrated by M83 in recent track 'Midnight City'. Photo / Supplied ...
Today

Saxophone legend Boots Randolph dead at 80

Boots Randolph, a saxophone player best known for the 1963 hit “Yakety Sax,” died Tuesday. He was 80.Randolph suffered a cerebral hemorrhage June 25 and had been hospitalized in a coma. He was taken ...
Seattle Times

Saxophonist Boots Randolph, left imprint with “Yakety Sax,” dies at 80

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Boots Randolph, whose spirited saxophone playing on “Yakety Sax” endeared him to fans for years on Benny Hill’s TV show, died Tuesday. He was 80. Mr. Randolph suffered a cerebral ...