[jazz_guitar] Re: RIP: Pete King, Saxophonist & co-founder of Ronnie Scott's jazz club

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Dec 25, 2009, 7:57:14 AM12/25/09

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--- In jazz_...@yahoogroups.com, "ammo_fuzztone" <ammo@...> wrote:
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjY1NPUUp9U
> Peter King took the famous Grafton acrylic plastic alto sax once owned by Charlie Parker, out for a test drive at the Christie's auction when Chan Parker was liquidating her secret stash of Charlie's horns in 1994.
> Tunes played here include Confirmation, Lover Man, Wee. What a player.
> AMMO

The youtube clip is the Alto Saxophonist, Pete King, who I'm pleased
to say is alive and well!

Pete King, former co-owner of Ronnie Scott's jazz club was a tenor saxophonist.

It has been a common confusion, Alto Saxophonist, Pete King, is about 10 years younger than Pete King, tenor saxophonist.

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Alisdair MacRae Birch
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http://www.alisdair.com

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