Saxophonist Sonny Fortune was born on this day in 1939. After playing w/ Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner & Miles Davis, he made 3 Blue Note albums in the 90s

"Four in One" bluenote.lnk.to/Fortune-Four...
"A Better Understanding" bluenote.lnk.to/SonnyFortune...
"From Now On" bluenote.lnk.to/SonnyFortune...

Agharta by Miles Davis.

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30 years ago today in 1995 alto saxophonist Sonny Fortune recorded "A Better Understanding" featuring trumpeter Jerry González, trombonist Robin Eubanks, pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Wayne Dockery, drummers Ronnie Burrage & Billy Hart, and percussionist Steve Berrios bluenote.lnk.to/SonnyFortune...

Alto saxophonist Sonny Fortune was born in Philadelphia on this day May 19, 1939. Thru the 1990s Sonny recorded 3 excellent Blue Note albums including "From Now On" featuring Joe Lovano, Eddie Henderson, John Hicks, Santi Debriano & Jeff "Tain" Watts. Listen: bluenote.lnk.to/SonnyFortune...

30 years ago today on March 11, 1996, alto saxophonist Sonny Fortune was in Van Gelder Studio recording his excellent 3rd Blue Note album "From Now On" featuring Joe Lovano, Eddie Henderson, John Hicks, Santi Debriano, Jeff 'Tain' Watts & Steve Berrios. Listen: bluenote.lnk.to/SonnyFortune...

1987 - Sonny Fortune & Simon Nabatov - Dublin
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