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| avant-garde jazz musicians | |
| 1933 births | |
| simmons, sonny | |
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| african americans | |
| jazz alto saxophonists | |
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He grew up in Oakland , California , where he began playing the English Horn . At age 16 he took up the alto saxophone, which became his primary instrument. He is one of the few jazz musicians to use the English Horn as a solo instrument. A biography of Simmons is scheduled for publication in 2006 . EXTERNAL LINKS
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