Paul Quinichette

Genres:	Jazz
Decades Active:	1950s, 1960s
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Biography

17 May 1916, Denver, Colorado, USA, d. 25 May 1983, New York City, New York, USA. After formally studying clarinet and alto saxophone, Quinichette switched to tenor saxophone. He played in a number of local and territory bands, notably that led by Nat Towles. Amongst the outfits with which he played in the early 40s were those led by Jay McShann, Benny Carter and Johnny Otis. Later in the decade he was active in New York, playing and recording with Louis Jordan, Dinah Washington, Lucky Millinder and others, and in the early 50s he worked with Count Basie. Included in his recordings of this period are concert performances with Washington released as The Jazz Sides (1954-58). In the mid-50s Quinichette played briefly with Benny Goodman, John Coltrane and Nat Pierce but then drifted out of music for several years.

In the 70s he was back on the jazz scene but, plagued by poor health, he made little impact. During the late 40s and early 50s...

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