Remembering Jimmy Forrest on his birthday! 🎷 James Robert Forrest Jr. (January 24, 1920 – August 26, 1980) was an American tenor saxophonist from St. Louis, Missouri, whose career spanned swing, rhythm & blues, and mainstream jazz. Known for his big, direct tone and deep blues feeling, Forrest stood firmly in the great tenor tradition shaped by Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young, while developing a voice unmistakably his own.  Introduced to music at an early age, Forrest began on clarinet before

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