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William Edward Saxton (born June 28, 1946, in New York City) is an American hard bop tenor saxophonist. He studied clarinet, composition and arrangement at the New England Conservatory in Boston, graduating in 1973 and worked with Pharoah Sanders, Jackie McLean and Bennie Maupin. He began working with Dannie Richmond in 1979, and he later worked with Charlie Persip's big band and Errol Parker. He has worked with Frank Foster, Clark Terry, Carmen McRae, Nancy Wilson, Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Roy Ayers, Bobby Watson and Roy Haynes. He was a Friday-night regular at Nick's jazz pub in Harlem, before he fulfilled a dream of his and opened "New York's only Jazz Speakeasy", "Bill's Place", on West 133rd Street in Harlem in 2006.

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rdfs:label	Bill Saxton (en) Bill Saxton (de)
rdfs:comment	William Edward Saxton (born June 28, 1946, in New York City) is an American hard bop tenor saxophonist. He studied clarinet, composition and arrangement at the New England Conservatory in Boston, graduating in 1973 and worked with Pharoah Sanders, Jackie McLean and Bennie Maupin. He began working with Dannie Richmond in 1979, and he later worked with Charlie Persip's big band and Errol Parker. He has worked with Frank Foster, Clark Terry, Carmen McRae, Nancy Wilson, Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Roy Ayers, Bobby Watson and Roy Haynes. He was a Friday-night regular at Nick's jazz pub in Harlem, before he fulfilled a dream of his and opened "New York's only Jazz Speakeasy", "Bill's Place", on West 133rd Street in Harlem in 2006. (en) William Edward „Bill“ Saxton (* 28. Juni 1946 in New York City) ist ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Saxophonist (Tenor, Sopran) und Komponist. Saxton studierte am New England Conservatory in Boston Klarinette, Komposition und Arrangement (u. a. bei Gunther Schuller, Bachelorabschluss 1973), hatte davor aber schon seit Ende der 1960er Jahre u. a. mit Pharoah Sanders, Jackie McLean und Bennie Maupin gespielt. Seine Spielweise ist von John Coltrane und Wayne Shorter beeinflusst. Fast 10 Jahre lang spielte er mit eigenem Quartett im „St.Nick´s Pub“. Ende der 1970er Jahre spielte er mit Dannie Richmond, war danach in der Bigband von Charlie Persip und spielte mit Errol Parker. 1984 erschien sein erstes Album unter eigenem Namen „Beneath the Surface“, gefolgt von „Live at the Henkelmann Jazz Club“ 19 (de)
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has abstract	William Edward Saxton (born June 28, 1946, in New York City) is an American hard bop tenor saxophonist. He studied clarinet, composition and arrangement at the New England Conservatory in Boston, graduating in 1973 and worked with Pharoah Sanders, Jackie McLean and Bennie Maupin. He began working with Dannie Richmond in 1979, and he later worked with Charlie Persip's big band and Errol Parker. He has worked with Frank Foster, Clark Terry, Carmen McRae, Nancy Wilson, Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Roy Ayers, Bobby Watson and Roy Haynes. He was a Friday-night regular at Nick's jazz pub in Harlem, before he fulfilled a dream of his and opened "New York's only Jazz Speakeasy", "Bill's Place", on West 133rd Street in Harlem in 2006. (en) William Edward „Bill“ Saxton (* 28. Juni 1946 in New York City) ist ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Saxophonist (Tenor, Sopran) und Komponist. Saxton studierte am New England Conservatory in Boston Klarinette, Komposition und Arrangement (u. a. bei Gunther Schuller, Bachelorabschluss 1973), hatte davor aber schon seit Ende der 1960er Jahre u. a. mit Pharoah Sanders, Jackie McLean und Bennie Maupin gespielt. Seine Spielweise ist von John Coltrane und Wayne Shorter beeinflusst. Fast 10 Jahre lang spielte er mit eigenem Quartett im „St.Nick´s Pub“. Ende der 1970er Jahre spielte er mit Dannie Richmond, war danach in der Bigband von Charlie Persip und spielte mit Errol Parker. 1984 erschien sein erstes Album unter eigenem Namen „Beneath the Surface“, gefolgt von „Live at the Henkelmann Jazz Club“ 1991 und „Atymony“ 1993. In den 1980er Jahren tourte er (mit Unterstützung des US-Außenministeriums) viel in Westafrika, Japan und Europa. Er spielte auch mit Frank Foster, Clark Terry, Carmen McRae, Nancy Wilson, Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaría, Roy Ayers, Bobby Watson und Roy Haynes. Saxton unterrichtete u. a. an der New School in New York, dem New England Conservatory und der University of Massachusetts. Er betreibt seit 2006 einen eigenen Jazzclub „Bill´s Place“ in Harlem 148. West, 133.Street (in den 1920ern war dort eine Speakeasy, in der u. a. Willie The Lion Smith spielte). (de)
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