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Cecil James McNeely: Also known as: King of the Honkers: Born April 29, 1927 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Died: September 16, 2018 (aged 91) Moreno Valley, California, U.S. Genres
17 de sept. de 2018 · Big Jay McNeely, a rhythm-and-blues legend known as “King of the Honkin’ Sax,” died on Sunday, according to multiple sources. He was 91. Bob Porter, the author of Soul Jazz, remembers him here. Big Jay McNeely burst forth in 1949 with “https://youtu.be/C_pJnGpTdPY">Deacon’s Hop,” a No. 1 hit
Hailed as the King of the Honkers, Mr. McNeely was at the forefront of a group of post-bop saxophonists who, in the late 1940s, abandoned the heady reveries of jazz for the more gutbucket...
17 de sept. de 2018 · Cecil “Big Jay” McNeely, whose honking tenor saxophone helped define Los Angeles rhythm and blues and set the stage for the rock ’n’ roll explosion of the 1950s, has died. He was 91.
20 de sept. de 2018 · WASHINGTON — Big Jay McNeely, a tenor saxophonist whose crazed stage antics and honking style of rhythm-and-blues presaged the rise of rock-and-roll in the 1950s, died Sept. 16 at a hospital in...
25 de sept. de 2018 · Big Jay McNeely: Saxophonist who revolutionised rhythm and blues as the ‘King of the Honkers’. Whether bringing traffic to a standstill or playing his trademark ultraviolet horn, McNeely was...
17 de sept. de 2018 · It is with our deepest regret that we announce the passing of Legendary Saxophonist Cecil James “Big Jay McNeely”, the King of Honking Sax. McNeely, 91 years old, passed away on Sunday morning at 6:15am at the Riverside University Health System Center. McNeely’s official cause of death was due to advanced Prostate Cancer.
