Back in the 1950s, a group of guys in New York were in such demand by local recording studios that they became known informally as "the sax section." This prolific reed section often included Phil Woods, Sam Marowitz, Gene Quill and Hal McKusick (as), Al Cohn, Eddie Wasserman and Zoot Sims (ts) and Sol Schlinger, Danny Bank and Charlie O'Kane (bar).
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