Cecil "Big Jay" NcNeely, the father of the R&B tenor saxophone whose stamina and high-energy stage act in the late 1940s and 1950 included playing on his back and who set the tone for many rock 'n' roll and soul artists who followed, died on Sept. 16. He was 91.
Big Jay had several significant R&B hits in the late 1940s and '50s, including The Deacon's H…
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