Donald Washington Sr.
Donald Washington Sr. (1930—December 1, 2009), was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.[1]
Formative years
Washington was born in
Career
From 1965 through 1990, he worked for Food Fair Services as a warehouse attendant. While there, he won trophies and awards on the company's amateur boxing team. But jazz was always his life and his passion. He studied at private and public institutions, starting to play the saxophone as an elder statesman on Philadelphia's jazz scene since the late 1960s to the mid-1980s.
As a leader, Washington founded the Marlboro Men, a group that toured
.When not traveling, Washington jammed regularly in Saturday Nights at Natalie's Lounge in West Philadelphia. His students included Grover Washington Jr., George Howard.
Washington was married twice and had nine children from his first marriage.
Death
Washington died on December 1, 2009, in Haddon Heights, New Jersey, at the age of 79, following complications from lung cancer.[1]
References
- ^ a b Cook, Bonnie L. (4 December 2009). "Donald Washington Sr., musician". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
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