- Franz Jackson
Franz Jackson (
November 1 ,1912 –May 6 ,2008 ) was a saxophonist and clarinetist of the Chicago jazz school. Notable as one of the last surviving jazz artists to have recorded pre-1940, Jackson was still active well into his 90s in various jazz clubs of Chicago (for instance, "Joe's Bebop Café", and "Andy's"). In 1996, he received theJazz Master Award fromArts Midwest . He died on May 8, 2008, aged 95, survived by his son and daughter.cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4391636.ece|title=Franz Jackson: virtuoso swing-era tenor saxophonist|date=July 25, 2008|publisher=Times, The (London)|accessdate=2008-07-27]References
* The Franz Jackson Collection at the
Chicago Jazz Archive [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/cja/]External links
* [http://www.franzjackson.com/home.html http://www.franzjackson.com/home.html] - official website.
* [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/cja/Franz.html http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/cja/Franz.html] - a synoptic biography.
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