Serge Chaloff

Serge Chaloff
Chaloff (lower left) with Georgie Auld, Red Rodney, and Tiny Kahn, c. August 1947. Photo by William P. Gottlieb.
Background information
Born(1923-11-24)November 24, 1923
OriginBoston, Massachusetts, US
DiedJuly 16, 1957(1957-07-16) (aged 33)
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentBaritone saxophone
Years active1937–1957
Formerly ofWoody Herman

Serge Chaloff (November 24, 1923 – July 16, 1957) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist. One of bebop's earliest baritone saxophonists, Chaloff has been described as 'the most expressive and openly emotive baritone saxophonist jazz has ever witnessed' with a tone varying 'between a light but almost inaudible whisper to a great sonorous shout with the widest but most incredibly moving of vibratos.'

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