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Allen Eager (January 10, 1927 – April 13, 2003) was an American jazz tenor and alto saxophonist who also competed in auto racing and took part in LSD experiments.
Allen Eager was born in New York on 10th January, 1927 and died in Florida on April 13th, 2003. He began studying clarinet in his early teens,and in 1943 received lessons on tenor saxophone from Ben Webster. After changing to saxophone he worked with Bobby Sherwood, Sonny Dunham, Shorty Sherock, and Hal Mclntyre.
Allen Eager. Profile: American tenor saxophonist, born 10 January 1927 in New York City, New York, USA and died on 13 April 2003 in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA. Sites: Wikipedia , bluenote.com , jazzdisco.org , All Music , adp.library.ucsb.edu. In Groups:
20 de may. de 2013 · Allen Eager (1927 – 2003) was in the year of 1947 the hottest white tenorsax performer on the jazz stage, and although this colourful personality chose to limit his career to a few brilliant years, his music is so exciting to this very day…
1 de jun. de 2003 · June 1, 2003. Allen Eager, a top saxophonist during the bebop era who after a short career quit jazz for the high life in Europe and elsewhere, died on April 13 in Daytona Beach, Fla. He was...
Allen Eager was an American jazz tenor and alto saxophonist who later in his life also competed in motor racing and other sports. Eager was born in New York City and grew up in the Bronx. He was a precocious child, able to read aged 3, who began clarinet lessons aged 13 and joined the Woody Herman band at just 15.
By the ’80s he was back to playing music in earnest. He toured Europe with Dizzy Gillespieand after settling in Florida, could often be heard in concert there. After a full and adventurous life, Allen Eager succumbed to liver cancer on May 13, 2003 at the age of 76. ~ Scott Yanow & Wade Kergan.
