[JPL] Sax player Boots Randolph dead at 80

[Jazz Promo Services]

Sax player Boots Randolph dead at 80

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Boots Randolph, whose spirited saxophone playing on
songs like "Yakety Sax" made him one of Nashville's top musicians, died
Tuesday. He was 80.
Randolph suffered a cerebral hemorrhage June 25 and had been hospitalized in
a coma. He was taken off a respirator earlier Tuesday, said Betty Hofer, a
publicist and spokeswoman for the family.
Randolph played regularly in Nashville nightclubs for 30 years, becoming a
tourist draw for the city much like Wayne Newton in Las Vegas and Pete
Fountain in New Orleans.
He recorded more than 40 albums and spent 15 years touring with the Festival
of Music, teaming with fellow instrumentalists Chet Atkins and Floyd Cramer.
As a session musician, he played on Elvis Presley's "Return to Sender," Roy
Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman," Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Round the Christmas
Tree" and "I'm Sorry," REO Speedwagon's "Little Queenie," Al Hirt's "Java"
and other songs including ones by Buddy Holly and Johnny Cash.
In 1963 he had his biggest solo hit, "Yakety Sax," which he wrote.

His final recording was on the Zoho label

Boots Randolph A Whole New Ballgame Zoho Music 200706 Street Date: June 12,
2007
Boots Randolph tenor sax, Roddy Smith guitars, Steve Willets piano, Tim
Smith bass, Ray Von Rotz drums & percussion, Jason Webb ­ keyboard strings,
Mark Stallings ­ Hammond B 3

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