Harold Ousley

Harold Lomax Ousley (January 23, 1929 – August 13, 2015) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and flautist.^[1][2]

Background

Born in Chicago, Ousley began playing in the late-1940s and 1950s. He accompanied Billie Holiday and recorded with Dinah Washington. He played as a sideman with Gene Ammons in the 1950s and with Jack McDuff and George Benson in the 1960s.^[1] He released his first record as a leader in 1961. In the 1970s, he played with Lionel Hampton and Count Basie in addition to releasing further material as a leader. After 1977, he did not release another album under his own name until Grit-Grittin' Feelin' (2000).^[1] Ousley died on August 13, 2015, in Brooklyn.

Discography

As leader

• Tenor Sax (Bethlehem, 1961)
• The Kid! (Cobblestone, 1972)
• The People's Groove (Muse, 1977)
• Sweet Double Hipness (Muse, 1980)
• That's When We Thought of Love (J's Way Records, 1986)
• Grit-Grittin' Feelin' (Delmark, 2000)

As sideman

With Jack McDuff

• Walk On By (Prestige, 1966)
• Hallelujah Time! (Prestige, 1963–1966 [1967])
• Soul Circle (Prestige, 1964–1966 [1968])
• I Got a Woman (Prestige, 1964–1966 [1969])
• Steppin' Out (Prestige, 1961–1966 [1969])

References

External links

• Harold Ousley at Artistdirect.com
• The Kid album review at Soul-sides.com