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Joe Temperley: Hard to Forget

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Marc Myers
Jun 22, 2016
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Joe Temperley, who died in May at age 86, was a Scottish baritone saxophonist and occasional soprano saxophonist. As a teen, he played in Scotland's Tommy Sampson Orchestra and joined Humphrey Lyttelton's band in London in 1957. In 1965, he left the U.K. for the States, playing in the bands of Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and the Jazz …

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