Red Prysock

Red Prysock
Red Prysock (foreground) playing with Tiny Grimes
Background information
Birth nameWilburt Prysock
Born(1926-02-02)February 2, 1926
Greensboro, North Carolina
DiedJuly 19, 1993(1993-07-19) (aged 67)
Chicago, Illinois
GenresR&B
OccupationMusician
InstrumentSaxophone
Years active1950s–1960s
LabelsMercury

Wilburt "Red" Prysock (February 2, 1926 – July 19, 1993) was an American R&B tenor saxophonist, one of the early Coleman Hawkins-influenced saxophonists to move in the direction of rhythm and blues, rather than bebop.

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