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Also known as Richard Edwin Morrissey

British jazz musician (1940–2000)

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It is catalogued under topics including 1940 births, 2000 deaths and 20th-century British classical musicians.

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1959-05-22
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615
Total plays
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saxophonejazz

The high technical standards that Tubby Hayes had achieved by the late 1950s affected a younger generation of British jazz saxophonists, which rose to prominence as the 1960s dawned. Tenorists Dick Morrissey and Stan Robinson directly reflected Hayes' immaculate dexterity and broad forthright tone, and were perhaps the last British tenor saxophonists to be hailed as major talents while still favouring, initially at least, little more than consolidation of work by the then current American hero

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date of birth
1940-05-09
date of death
2000-11-08
start of work period
1960-00-00
Commons category
Richard Morrissey (athlete)
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