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Sol Schlinger: 1926-2017

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Marc Myers
Nov 18, 2017
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Sol Schlinger, a baritone saxophonist who played in several major big bands in the 1940s and was part of the East Coast sax section that handled a sizable amount of studio recording in the 1950s and beyond, died last week. He was 91. [Photo of Sol Schlinger in New York recording singer Carmen McRae's Something to Swing About in November 1959. Photo by t…

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