Bill Perkins

tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute · 1924–2003 · San Francisco

Tenor saxophonist of the cool and West Coast scene, who passed through the orchestras of Woody Herman and Stan Kenton before playing with Art Pepper and Bud Shank. He was a member of the Tonight Show Band from 1970 to 1992.

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Styles

• Cool (Birth of the Cool)
• West Coast

Landmark tracks

• Just Friends (Bill Perkins) (1956)
• Limehouse Blues (Bill Perkins) (1956)
• Solid De Sylva (1956)
• Zenobia (1956)

Sources

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