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Allen Eager (January 10, 1927 – April 13, 2003) was an American jazz tenor and alto saxophonist who also competed in auto racing and took part in LSD experiments.
Allen Eager was an American jazz tenor and alto saxophonist who later in his life also competed in motor racing and other sports. Eager was born in New York City and grew up in the Bronx. He was a precocious child, able to read aged 3, who began clarinet lessons aged 13 and joined the Woody Herman band at just 15.
Jun 1, 2003 · Allen Eager, a top saxophonist during the bebop era who after a short career quit jazz for the high life in Europe and elsewhere, died on April 13 in Daytona Beach, Fla. He was 76. The cause...
May 3, 2023 · Allen Eager (Jan. 10, 1927, New York City - May 13, 2003, Daytona Beach, Florida) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Eager first played jazz as a teenager during World War II in the bands of Bobby Sherwood, Sonny Dunham, Shorty Sherock, Hal McIntyre, Woody Herman, Tommy Dorsey, and Johnny Bothwell. After the war he became a regular on the ...
ALLEN EAGER. One of the enigmas of jazz. Allen Eager was born in New York on 10th January, 1927 and died in Florida on April 13th, 2003. He began studying clarinet in his early teens,and in 1943 received lessons on tenor saxophone from Ben Webster.
Allen Eager - Blue Note Records. Biography. At one point in the early ’50s, Allen Eager sounded nearly identical to Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, and Brew Moore; in fact all five tenors (from the Lester Young-influenced Four Brothers school) recorded together.
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American tenor saxophonist, born 10 January 1927 in New York City, New York, USA and died on 13 April 2003 in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA.
