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Frank Strozier
American saxophonist

Frank Strozier

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American saxophonist
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Age
87 years
Family
Mother:
Mildred Strozier
Father:
Frank Strozier Sr.
Genre(s):
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Biography

Frank R. Strozier, Jr. (born June 13, 1937) is an American alto saxophonist renowned for his playing in the hard bop idiom.

Life and career

Strozier was born on June 13, 1937, in Memphis, Tennessee, where he learned to play the piano. He grew up in a middle-class family. His father, Frank, Sr., was a pharmacist who owned a drug store and his mother, Mildred, worked as a clerk in the same drug store. 

In 1954, he moved to Chicago, where he performed with Harold MabernGeorge Coleman, and Booker Little (all, like Strozier, were from Memphis). He recorded with the MJT + 3 from 1959–1960 and led sessions for Vee-Jay Records.

After moving to New York, Strozier was briefly with the Miles Davis Quintet in 1963 (between the tenures of Hank Mobley and George Coleman) and also gigged with Roy Haynes. Later, he relocated to Los Angeles, where he worked with Chet BakerShelly Manne, and most notably the Don Ellis big band.

Returning to New York in 1971, Strozier worked with Keno Duke's Jazz Contemporaries, the New York Jazz Repertory Company, Horace Parlan, and Woody Shaw.

Discography

As leader

  • Fantastic Frank Strozier (Vee-Jay, 1960)
  • Long Night (Jazzland, 1961)
  • March of the Siamese Children (Jazzland, 1962)
  • Remember Me (SteepleChase, 1977)
  • What's Goin' On (SteepleChase, 1978)
  • Cool, Calm and Collected (Vee Jay, 1993)

As sideman

With Roy Haynes

  • Cymbalism (New Jazz, 1963)
  • People (Pacific Jazz, 1964)

With Shelly Manne

  • Manne–That's Gershwin! (Capitol, 1965)
  • Boss Sounds! (Atlantic, 1966)
  • Daktari (Atlantic, 1967)
  • Jazz Gunn (Atlantic, 1967)
  • Perk Up (Concord Jazz, 1976)

With MJT+3

  • Make Everybody Happy (Vee Jay, 1959)
  • MJT + 3 (Vee Jay, 1961)

With Oliver Nelson

  • Live from Los Angeles (Impulse!, 1967)
  • Black, Brown and Beautiful (Flying Dutchman, 1970)

With others

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