Sam Reed (musician)

Sam Reed
Born Kinstree, South Carolina
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Saxophones

Sam Reed (born October 18, 1935) is a tenor saxophonist based in Philadelphia.

Working at the Uptown Theater in the late 1950s and early 1960s, he added jazz and rhythm & blues shows to what was at the time an R&B, blues and rock and roll venue.[1] For some years, Reed was also musical director for Teddy Pendergrass,[1] and in the early 1970s, he was the "horn contractor" for Gamble and Huff's Philadelphia International Records.[2]

Bootsie Barnes, Mickey Roker and Jimmy Oliver are among the other Philadelphia-based musicians he has performed with.[3]

In 2012, he received the Jazz Journalists Association's annual Jazz Heroes Award.[1]

Discography

As sideman

References

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