- Red Prysock
Wilburt Prysock (
2 February 1926 -19 July 1993 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:39fuxql5ld0e~T1 All Music Guide biography] ] ), known as Red Prysock, was an Americanrhythm and blues tenor saxophonist, one of the earlyLester Young -influenced saxophonists to move in the direction ofrhythm and blues , rather thanbebop . He first gained attention playing withTiny Bradshaw 's band (he played the lead sax solo on Bradshaw's big hit "Soft," and staged a memorable sax battle withBenny Golson on "Battle of the Mass"). He left Bradshaw over a disagreement about dress code. Bradshaw's band at the time was called "Tiny Bradshaw and his Highlanders," and he insisted that all hismusician s wearkilt s onstage. Prysock refused.He signed with
Mercury Records as abandleader , and had his first hit R&Binstrumental , "Wiggles," in 1954. In 1955 he joined the band that played atAlan Freed 's stage shows, and had his biggest hit for Mercury, the rhythm and blues instrumental "Hand Clappin'." He also played on several hit records by his brother, the singerArthur Prysock , in the 1960s.Prysock, who was born in 1926 in Greenboro,
North Carolina , died in 1993 inChicago at the age of 67.References
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