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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 69. Chapters: Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray, Ron Holloway, Gilad Atzmon, Sonny Rollins, Art Pepper, Dick Morrissey, Frank Foster, Jackie McLean, Coleman Hawkins, Sonny Stitt, Simon Spillett, Don Byas, Johnny Griffin, Sam Rivers, Phil Woods, Ronnie Scott, Jesper Thilo, Illinois Jacquet, Benny Golson, Paul Gonsalves, Gene Ammons, Bent Jaedig, Sahib Shihab, Lou Donaldson, Frank Wess, Al Cohn, Eddie Vinson, Vernon Story, Cecil Payne, Rolf Billberg, Richie Cole, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Buddy Tate, Vi Redd, Teddy Edwards, Hal Stein, Lucky Thompson, Tony Coe, Jack Sels, Arnett Cobb, Sonny Criss, Flip Phillips, Shafi Hadi, Jimmy Hamilton, Hadley Caliman, Serge Chaloff, John LaPorta, Pete Christlieb, Tony Campise, Herbie Steward, Georgie Auld, Aaron Sachs, Gabe Baltazar, Charlie Ventura. Excerpt: Ronald Edward "Ron" Holloway, born August 24, 1953 in Washington, D.C., is an American tenor saxophonist. He is listed in the Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz where veteran jazz critic Ira Gitler describes Holloway as a "bear-down-hard-bopper who can blow authentic R&B and croon a ballad with warm, blue feeling." Holloway is the recipient of 42 Washington Area Music Awards, or Wammies, two of which he received as musician of the year. Holloway has worked with Susan Tedeschi, Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Scott-Heron and Root Boy Slim. He is currently a member of The Warren Haynes Band. Ron Holloway was born to Winston and Marjorie Holloway, avid jazz fans who met while attending Howard University in Washington, D.C. Holloway recalls his father adding to his collection of Prestige and Blue Note jazz albums; something he has kept up until the present day. Holloway's parents, while not musicians, provided a nurturing musical environment for their son. Holloway's father favored the saxophone and trumpet-led albums and particularly ..
