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Frank Vicari
Vicari on left
Born (1931-01-11 ) January 11, 1931Died October 20, 2006(2006-10-20) (aged 75) New York City Genres Jazz Occupation(s) Musician Instrument(s) Saxophone
Musical artist
Frank Vicari (April 11, 1931 – October 20, 2006) was a jazz saxophonist.
Career
After serving in the Air Force from 1951–55, where he played in service bands, Vicari returned to New York City and played in bands until he joined
Maynard Ferguson 's big band in 1960.
[1]
When the Ferguson band broke up in 1965, Vicari briefly joined
Buddy Rich , then
Woody Herman and his Thundering Herd
[1] and remained until 1970. Vicari worked with
Steve Gadd ,
Mike Mainieri ,
Randy and
Michael Brecker ,
Dave Matthews , the
White Elephant Orchestra ,
George Benson ,
Tony Bennett ,
Dionne Warwick ,
Billy Eckstein ,
Tom Waits ,
John Lennon ,
Woody Herman , and the
Saturday Night Live Band .
[2]
He died in New York City at the age of 75.
Discography
As sideman
With
George Benson
Good King Bad (CTI, 1976)
Pacific Fire (CTI, 1983)
Space (CTI, 1978)
With
Maynard Ferguson
With
Woody Herman
The Jazz Swinger (Columbia, 1966)
Heavy Exposure (Cadet, 1969)
Light My Fire (Cadet, 1969)
Double Exposure (Chess, 1976)
With
Tom Waits
With others
James Brown , Hell (Polydor, 1995)
Geils , Monkey Island (Atlantic, 1977)
Gotham , Pass the Butter (Natural Resources, 1972)
Urbie Green ,
Señor Blues (CTI, 1977)
Art Farmer ,
Something You Got (CTI, 1977)
Corky Laing , Makin' It On the Street (Elektra, 1977)
John Lennon , Walls and Bridges (Apple, 1974)
Mike Mainieri , White Elephant (NYC, 1994)
The Manhattan Transfer , The Manhattan Transfer (Atlantic, 1975)
David Matthews , Night Flight (Muse, 1977)
David Matthews, Big Band Recorded Live at the Five Spot (Muse, 1980)
Bette Midler , Broken Blossom (Atlantic, 1977)
Blue Mitchell ,
Many Shades of Blue (Mainstream, 1974)
Esther Phillips , From a Whisper to a Scream (Kudu, 1971)
Esther Phillips, For All We Know (Kudu, 1976)
Dana Valery , Dana Valery (Phantom, 1975)
T-Bone Walker , Very Rare (Reprise, 1973)
Leslie West , The Great Fatsby (Phantom, 1975)
Leslie West, The Leslie West Band (Phantom, 1975)
White Elephant , White Elephant (Just Sunshine, 1972)
References
International National Artists