About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 51. Chapters: John Coltrane, Ron Holloway, Wayne Shorter, Art Pepper, Dick Morrissey, Joe Henderson, Jackie McLean, Michael Brecker, Pharoah Sanders, Simon Spillett, Johnny Griffin, Phil Woods, Ronnie Scott, Gary Bartz, Oliver Nelson, Jimmy Heath, Tina Brooks, David Murray, Houston Person, Peter King, Vincent Herring, Scott Hamilton, Von Freeman, Donald Harrison, George Adams, Clifford Jordan, Greg Osby, Booker Ervin, Steve Wilson, James Carter, Vi Redd, Bill Perkins, Lucky Thompson, Tony Coe, Bennie Wallace, Louis Sclavis, Eddie Daniels, Shamek Farrah, Steve Williamson, Emil Mangelsdorff, Magnus Lindgren, Antonio Hart, George Braith, Frank Glover, Gary Thomas, Lars Gulliksson. 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 enjoyed the great horn soloists.R&B-influenced Willis Gator Jackson was easiest to grasp at first, but soon he identified the...
