Clifford Scott

Texas tenor saxman Clifford Scott was born June 21, 1928. Perhaps most famous for his classic solo in <a href="spotify:artist:6xGdsn4r7laoQDz0zbm1nY">Bill Doggett</a>'s "Honky Tonk, Pt. 2," Scott also played with <a href="spotify:artist:1qZnWtvzKVV0lJQZBapchU">Jay McShann</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3uZRvkqeNHKLMFQrJBaUCX">Amos Milburn</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:2PjgZkwAEk7UTin4jP6HLP">Lionel Hampton</a> before joining <a href="spotify:artist:6xGdsn4r7laoQDz0zbm1nY">Doggett</a>. Later, he worked with <a href="spotify:artist:1eYhYunlNJlDoQhtYBvPsi">Ray Charles</a> and recorded several albums as a leader on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22King%22">King</a> and <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Pacific+Jazz%22">Pacific Jazz</a>, none of which received much recognition. He moved to Los Angeles in 1962 and worked in the soul-jazz scene for a number of years, eventually returning to San Antonio in the early '70s. Later in his life, he made a few albums that also didn't generate much attention and a recording with <a href="spotify:artist:1bIWJBRYp9l2njxHvVpPeI">Wild Bill Davis</a> in 1986 in Zurich. Clifford Scott died April 19, 1993. ~ Michael Erlewine, Rovi