Many tenor saxophonists in the late 1940s and '50s played like Lester Young—once they figured out how to run alternate melody lines on the chord changes of standards and blues in the upper register. One of these Prez disciples was Brew Moore. He was so enamored of Young, he held his saxophone off to the side just as Young did. But rather than simply mimic his mentor's sound and swing, he combined the Young approach with Charlie Parker's ferocity. For more on Moore's life and strange death, read Steve Cerra's terrific post on the saxophonist at his Jazz Profiles blog here.
Brew Moore died in Copenhagen in 1973.
Here's a video of Moore at the Blue Note in Paris in the summer of 1961, with Lou Bennett on organ, Jimmy Gourley on guitar and Kenny Clarke on drums. They played Zonky, Satin Doll and Broadway. A special thanks to Danilo Morandi in Switzerland for sending along the following two links...
Bonus: Here's jazz historian and author Dan Morgenstern speaking about Moore in 2017...
