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King Curtis

At a time when smoky jazz clubs came alive with jumping be-bop and vibrant, free-form R&B, King Curtis was the virtuoso saxophone player who lit up New York and recorded with The Allman Brothers, Andy Williams and Wilson Pickett. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Curtis Ousley started playing at 12 and turned down scholarship offers from a host of music schools to join Lionel Hampton's big band in 1950. He became an acclaimed session musician for Prestige and Capitol Records and famously played on The Coasters' classic Yakety Yak, as well as records by Solomon Burke, Bobby Darin and Bud...