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Jun 21, 1928 San Antonio, Texas, United States Died on 19 Apr 1993 (aged 64)

American musician & saxophonist

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  • Clifford Donley Scott (June 21, 1928, - April 19, 1993), born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, was an American saxophonist and flautist who played in jazz, blues, and R&B idioms. Scott started as a drummer in a family band and also learned to play piano and violin before picking up clarinet as a teenager.
  • He played in a house band led by James Hopkins at San Antonio's Avalon Grill in the late 1940s, then worked with Amos Milburn, Jay McShann, Lionel Hampton, Roy Brown, and Roy Milton.
  • In 1955 he began working with Bill Doggett, and was a prominent soloist on many of Doggett's most famous recordings, including "Honky Tonk".
  • He also recorded as a leader in the late 1950s and early 1960s and worked as a session musician for rock, pop, and R&B recordings.
  • In the 1960s he worked with Sonny Thompson, Jimmy Witherspoon, Gerald Wilson, Onzy Matthews, and Frank Butler, and was a member of Ray Charles's ensemble from 1966 to 1968 and again in 1970.
  • Late in his career he worked primarily locally in San Antonio, playing with George Prado and Jim Cullum, Jr.

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