ArtistInfo

Wilton Felder

sax, ts, 1940-2015 US, Houston, Mississippi
Musician of Jazz and R&B/Soul
A.k.a. Wilton Lewis Felder

Jazz saxophonist - bassist - songwriter - producer Born on 31th August 1940 in Houston, Texas, USA Died in 27th September 2015, Houston, Texas, U.S.A. One of the most acclaimed jazz & soul musicians of the 1970's - 80's music scene. He is best known as a founding member of The Jazz Crusaders, founded in the late 1950's while still in high school in Houston, and later shortened to The Crusaders . Felder was extremely busy as a West coast studio musician, mostly playing electric bass, on various soul, R&B, and rock albums with such artists as Marvin Gaye , John Cale, Bobby Womack, Randy Newman, Jackson 5 & Joni Mitchell. He has also was modest solo output with several releases featuring his name. Felder plays a King Super 20 tenor sax with a metal 105/0 Berg Larsen mouthpiece. He has also used Yamaha saxes. He plays a Fender Precision bass, and has also played Aria bass guitars.

Instruments

• Saxophone
• Tenor sax
• Bass
• Bass guitar
• Alto sax

Genres

• Jazz
• R&B/Soul
• Pop

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