Thick oats

Dick Oats (actually John Richard oats ; * 29. May 1927 in Wyomissing , Pennsylvania ; † 15. December 2012 in La Costa Glen , California ) was an American tenor saxophonist of the modern jazz .

Live and act

At the beginning of his musical career, Dick Hafer played with Charlie Barnet in 1949, then with Claude Thornhill 1949–50, again with Barnet 1950–51 and in the Woody-Herman band from late 1951–1955. He toured Europe with her in the spring of 1954. After that, Hafer worked freelance in New York City . There it came to collaboration with Tex Beneke 1955 and Bobby Hackett 1957-58. He made records with Ruby Braff , Dick Collins , Urbie Green , Nat Pierce and Johnny Hartman , among others . He also worked as a musician in Broadway shows .

In the 1990s he presented two albums under his own name, In a Sentimental Mood and the Lester Young tribute Prez Impressions . The best-known recordings that Hafer contributed to are the albums The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady and Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus by Charles Mingus , released in 1963 by Impulse! Records appeared.

personal data
SURNAME	Oats, Dick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Oats, John Richard (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz tenor saxophonist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 29, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wyomissing , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH	December 15, 2012
Place of death	La Costa Glen , California