S.O.D. "Shad Roe" by Paul Quinchette

7/24/2022 This jazz tenor saxophonist was nicknamed Vice Prez. He began playing clarinet and alto saxophone as a child, switching to tenor saxophone before the age of 13. Quinchette recorded many works as bandleader and side man with all of the big jazz names. Mainly active from the 30s to the late 50s, leaving us in 1983. Health issues forced him to slow down with music, but he kept persevering.