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Maurice McIntyre (March 24, 1936 - November 9, 2013) is an American
free jazz tenor saxophonist. McIntyre was born in Clarksville, Arkansas but his family moved to Chicago when he was a child. He began playing drums at seven, then switched to saxophone. He studied at the Chicago College of Music, and during the 19
60s began playing with musicians such as
Malachi Favors,
Muhal Richard Abrams, and
Roscoe Mitchell. Along with them he became a member of the ensemble Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians in the mid-1960s. His first solo record appeared in 196…
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