October 25, 2018(2018-10-25) (aged 79) New York, U.S.
Genres
Jazz, free jazz, jazz fusion
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Saxophone, flute, clarinet
Years active
1966–2018
Labels
Prestige, Strata-East, Horizon, Atlantic, Blue Note
Musical artist
Cornelius "Sonny" Fortune (May 19, 1939[1] – October 25, 2018)[2] was an American jazz saxophonist. He played soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones, clarinet, and flute.
^Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 895. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
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Cornelius "Sonny" Fortune (May 19, 1939 – October 25, 2018) was an American jazz saxophonist. He played soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones,...
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drums Pete Cosey - electric guitar Dominique Gaumont - electric guitar SonnyFortune - flute 1972 Miles Davis — electric trumpet with wah wah, organ Cedric...
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and November 1972 and features performances by Tyner with saxophonist SonnyFortune, bassist Calvin Hill, drummer Alphonse Mouzon with trumpeter Charles...
large ensembles featuring saxophonists Ricky Ford, George Coleman, and SonnyFortune, pianist Jimmy Rowles, guitarists Larry Coryell, Philip Catherine and...
features performances by Tyner with a big band including saxophonist SonnyFortune, flautist Hubert Laws, bassist Joony Booth and drummer Alphonse Mouzon...
October 7, 1974 Miles Davis — electric trumpet with wah-wah pedal, organ SonnyFortune — flute Pete Cosey — electric guitar Reggie Lucas — electric guitar...
Waves of Dreams is an album by American saxophonist SonnyFortune recorded in 1976 and released on the Horizon label. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow...
Walter Parazaider, Oliver Nelson, Bob Berg, Joe Farrell, Lucky Thompson, SonnyFortune, Anthony Braxton, Sam Rivers, Gary Bartz, Bennie Maupin, Branford Marsalis...
a Ukrainian immigrant. Alumni of Granoff include Dizzy Gillespie, SonnyFortune, and John Coltrane. Some of his students later became well-known classical...
New York City and has since worked with Don Pullen, Pharoah Sanders, SonnyFortune, Billy Hart, Larry Coryell, Chucho Valdés, Hank Jones, Cecil Taylor...
Long Before Our Mothers Cried is an album by American saxophonist SonnyFortune recorded in 1974 and released on the Strata-East label. In The Village...
A Better Understanding is an album by saxophonist SonnyFortune which was recorded in 1995 and released on the Blue Note label. The AllMusic review by...
1993 on CD. On this date, the quintet featured Nat Adderley on cornet, SonnyFortune on alto saxophone, Larry Willis on piano, Walter Booker on upright bass...
2019 Awakening (Sebalter album) or the title song, 2017 Awakening (SonnyFortune album) or the title song, 1975 Awakening!!, by Jimmy Woods, or the title...
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