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Al Sears

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Also known as Albert Sears, Big Al Sears, Albert Omega Sears

American jazz tenor saxophonist (1910-1990)

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Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1910
Active to
1990
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Al Sears (Macomb, Illinois, February 21, 1910 - New York City, March 23, 1990) was an American tenor- and alto saxophonist and bandleader. He played jazz and rhythm & blues. Sears played as a teenager saxophone with Fats Waller. In 1928 Sears replaced the tenor saxophonist Johnny Hodges in the orchestra of Chick Webb, in the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem. He toured with the revue "Keep Shufflin'", then he played with Zack Whyte in Cincinnati and with Elmer Snowden. <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi

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Johnny Hodges and Al Sears, Aquarium, New York, ca. Nov. 1946 (William P. Gottlieb 04191).jpg
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Al Sears
date of birth
1910-02-22
date of death
1990-03-23
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