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Jerome Richardson
Real Name: Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-reed player, primarily saxophonist (alto, tenor, baritone, soprano) and flutist.
Born December 25th, 1920 in Oakland, California, died June 23, 2000 in Englewood, New Jersey.
Among the earliest jazz artists of the modern post-war era to record with the flute as a main instrument. A master of a a variety of saxophones, flutes, clarinets and other woodwinds, Richardson performed as a sideman on hundreds of recordings not limited to jazz but stage, screen, TV and across various musical genres.