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King Curtis







King Curtis was everybody’s session musician before his untimely death. This is a collection/sample of his work and it should be commercial free because it is YouTube Premium stuff.



King Curtis played on thousands of records as the most in demand saxophone player, from the early 1950s until his death in August of 1971. He worked with a wide variety of artists ranging from The Coasters and Buddy Holly, to Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon.

King Curtis began playing the saxophone at a young age in Fort Worth, Texas.

...an American saxophonist known for rhythm and blues, rock and roll, soul, blues, funk and soul jazz. Variously a bandleader, band member, and session musician, he was also a musical director and record producer.




Soul Twist

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https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ksq54yPAWsk&feature=share





https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=yVuF1CU-jQ0



Honky Tonk

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=fHnE1AAfWis&feature=share



Stroll



https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=iN5v0_ZNNmE&feature=share



Shirelles

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=i04bs_3sSbI&feature=share





Memphis Soul Stew

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=i4QIK1FMPEU&feature=share



Charlie Brown

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=BjHEykmiMMo&feature=share



Aretha F

https://youtu.be/7nQpRhGdPZE


A Whiter Shade of Pale (Live at Fillmore West, 3/7/1971)




King Curtis
• Live At The Fillmore West • 1971

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Live at Fillmore West is an album by King Curtis, released in 1971. The album showcases the concert he played with his band the Kingpins at the Fillmore West venue in San Francisco in March 1971 who were supporting and backing soul singer Aretha Franklin. A week after its release in August 1971, Curtis was stabbed to death outside his brownstone apartment in New York City. It was reissued on compact disc in the 1990s through Rhino Records and was released in an expanded edition in 2006. In addition it was released as an expanded edition four-CD box set entitled, Don't Fight the Feeling: The Complete Aretha Franklin & King Curtis Live At Fillmore West by Rhino Handmade in 2005, featuring the complete concert by King Curtis and Aretha Franklin. This edition was limited to 5000 numbered copies.

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