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Cecil James (Big Jay) McNeely (* 29. April 1927 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien; † 16. September 2018 [1] in Moreno Valley, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Rhythm-&-Blues -Tenor- Saxophonist. Big Jay McNeeley - The Deacon's Hop.
Cecil James "Big Jay" McNeely (April 29, 1927 – September 16, 2018) was an American R&B saxophonist. Biography [ edit ] Inspired by Illinois Jacquet and Lester Young , McNeely teamed with his older brother Robert McNeely, who played baritone saxophone , and made his first recordings with drummer Johnny Otis , who ran the ...
An influential tenor saxophonist, Big Jay McNeely formed a band with Sonny Criss (alto sax) and Hampton Hawes (piano) while he was still in high school in the mid-1940s. In 1948 he began recording for Savoy Records, scoring a #1 R&B hit with "Deacon's Hop" in 1949.
Big Jay McNeely, whose wailing tenor saxophone and outrageous stage antics helped define the sound and sensibility of early rock ’n’ roll, died on Sunday in Moreno Valley, Calif. He was 91.
17. Sept. 2018 · Cecil “Big Jay” McNeely, whose honking tenor saxophone helped define Los Angeles rhythm and blues and set the stage for the rock ’n’ roll explosion of the 1950s, has died.
25. Sept. 2018 · Big Jay McNeely, who died in 2018, was a saxophonist who revolutionised rhythm and blues with his showmanship and ultraviolet horn. He played with Little Richard, Jesse Belvin and Jimi Hendrix, and became a postman and a Jehovah's Witness after his music career.
18. Sept. 2018 · Big Jay McNeely, a tenor saxophonist whose crazed stage antics and honking style of rhythm-and-blues presaged the rise of rock-and-roll in the 1950s, died Sept. 16 at a hospital in Moreno Valley,...
