Person · Male
John Gilmore
US saxophonist, played with Sun Ra
- From
- Mississippi, United States
- Active
- 1931–1995
- Releases
- 6
- avant-garde jazz
- hard bop
- jazz
About
John Gilmore (September 28, 1931 – August 20, 1995) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and percussionist. He was known for his tenure with the avant-garde keyboardist/bandleader Sun Ra from the 1950s to the 1990s, and led The Sun Ra Arkestra from Sun Ra's death in 1993 until his own death in 1995.
Member of
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The Sun Ra Arkestra tenor saxophone
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Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
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- ISNI
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