Al Sears
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- 1910-02-22
- Died
- 1990-03-23
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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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- Born
- 22 February 1910
- Died
- 23 March 1990
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Macomb
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- musician
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
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- Johnny Hodges and Al Sears, Aquarium, New York, ca. Nov. 1946 (William P. Gottlieb 04191).jpg
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