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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: 35. Chapters: British classical saxophonists, British jazz alto saxophonists, English saxophonists, Saxophonists from Northern Ireland, Van Morrison, Rory Gallagher, Fuzz, Graham Bond, Leo Green, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Julian Smith, Starsmith, Ted Milton, Soweto Kinch, Mike Osborne, Will Gregory, Andrew Findon, Ian Nelson, Chris White, Pete Wareham, Mike Burney, Ivy Benson, Billy Brown, Lenni Zaksen, George Evans, Anthony Thistlethwaite, Geoff Simkins, Ken Mackintosh, Finn Peters, David Roach, Les Maguire, Stephen Fox, Christian Forshaw, Keith Thomas, Brian Hopper, Gary Foote, Mike Pickering, Jim King, Brinsley Schwarz, Johnny Roadhouse, Mike Smith, Ronnie Ross, Dave Fitzgerald, Andy Hamilton, Gavin Fitzjohn, Chris Gradwell, Stephen Singleton, Rodney Slater, Sean Freeman, Malcolm Duncan, Bob Andrews, Ian Kirkham, Dennis Armitage. Excerpt: Van Morrison, OBE (born George Ivan Morrison; 31 August 1945) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician. His live performances at their best are regarded as transcendental and inspired; while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the live album It's Too Late to Stop Now, are widely viewed as among the greatest ever made. Known as "Van the Man" to his fans, Morrison started his professional career when, as a teenager in the late 1950s, he played a variety of instruments including guitar, harmonica, keyboards and saxophone for various Irish showbands covering the popular hits of the day. He rose to prominence in the mid-1960s as the lead singer of the Northern Irish R&B band Them, with whom he recorded the garage band classic "Gloria." His solo career began under the pop-hit oriented guidance of Bert Berns with the release of the hit single "Brown Eyed Girl" in 1967. After Berns' death, Warner Bros. Records bought out his contract and allowed him...
