Saxophonist Joe Temperley has died

12 May 2016 Last updated at 11:28 BST

Scottish saxophonist Joe Temperley has died at the age of 86 in New York.
The Fife man played with some of the finest jazz musicians including The Duke Ellington Band, Woody Herman and the Humphrey Lyttleton Band.

One of the most respected jazz saxophonists in the world, Temperley, from Lochgelly in Fife, passed away on Wednesday.

He left Scotland for London in the 1950s and played in Humphrey Lyttelton's band before moving to North America in the 1960s.

Temperley, who started playing the sax when he was 14, took the baritone chair in the Duke Ellington Orchestra.

In recent years he had been a long-serving member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, under Wynton Marsalis.


He visited the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival in 2009.

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Published on Aug 7, 2015

For 25 years, the baritone saxophone chair of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra has been held by a one Joe Temperley. The Scottish musician, now 85, carries tons of credits to his C.V., especially with big bands: Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, Clark Terry and — most notably — the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Jazz Night In America visits Jazz at Lincoln Center as the JLCO salutes its elder statesman, featuring Temperley on his favorite Ellington tunes and a new concerto that managing and artistic director Wynton Marsalis dedicated to his longtime colleague.

SETLIST
5:11 ‘Creole Love Call’
14:11 ‘Joe’s Concerto: Movement 1’
22:50 ‘Joe’s Concerto: Movement II’
27:38 ‘Joe’s Concerto: Movement III’
31:55 ‘Joe’s Concerto: Movement IV’
37:41 ‘Joe’s Concerto: Movement V’
46:07 ‘Symphonette’
52:48 ‘The Single Petal of a Rose’

MUSICIANS
Joe Temperley, Wynton Marsalis, Walter Blanding, Chris Crenshaw, Vincent Gardner, Victor Goines, Carlos Henriquez, Sherman Irby, Ali Jackson, Ryan Kisor, Elliot Mason, Ted Nash, Paul Nedzela, Dan Nimmer, Marcus Printup, Kenny Rampton

CREDITS
Producers: Josie Holtzman, Patrick Jarenwattananon, Nick Michael / Editor: Colin Marshall / Additional Video: Brandon Bain / Concert Video Director: James Sapione / Concert Videographers: Hiram Becker, Andrew Trost / Audio Engineer: Rob Macomber / Special Thanks: Eugenia Han, Justin Bias / Executive Producer: Anya Grundmann