Wilton Gaynair

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Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair (born January 11, 1927 in Kingston ; † February 13, 1995 in Cologne ) was a Jamaican jazz musician whose main instrument was the tenor saxophone .

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Gaynair was educated at the Alpha Boys School in Kingston, where Joe Harriott , Harold McNair and Don Drummond were his classmates. He played in the clubs of Kingston as a sideman to visitors like George Shearing and Carmen McRae before emigrating to Europe, initially to London. He found most of the work in Germany and settled in the Rhineland. He first played in the quintet of George Maycock . Since 1964 he was a long-time member of Kurt Edelhagen's orchestra , with whom he also recorded. Then he worked for Peter Herbolzheimer .

As a band leader he recorded his first records in 1959 ( Blue Bogey ) and 1960 ( Africa Calling , with Shake Keane and Jeff Clyne , among others ) while staying in England . An LP with the rock jazz group Third Eye followed in 1977; with Ali Haurand, who was involved, as well as Allan Botschinsky and Rob van den Broeck , another album was created in 1982 under his name, Alpharian .

Gaynair also played with Gil Evans , Freddie Hubbard , Shirley Bassey , Manhattan Transfer , Bob Brookmeyer, and Mel Lewis ; He can also be heard on albums by Charly Antolini , Francis Coppieters , Greetje Kauffeld , Rick Kiefer , Horace Parlan ( One for Wilton ), Fatty George and Alan Skidmore . He was also active as a studio musician . A stroke that he suffered during a concert in September 1983 meant that he could no longer work as a saxophonist.

His son Gregory Gaynair is an active pianist.

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SURNAME Gaynair, Wilton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gaynair, Bogey (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jamaican jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Kingston (Jamaica)
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1995
Place of death Cologne