Sam Taylor

American jazz and blues tenor saxophonist, born July 12, 1916, in Lexington, Tennessee; died October 5, 1990, in Atlanta, Georgia (age 74). Nicknamed "The Man," and frequently credited as "Sam (The Man) Taylor" or "Sam 'The Man' Taylor." Worked with Scatman Crothers (late 1930s), Cootie Williams, Lucky Millinder (early 1940s), Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Buddy Johnson, Louis Jordan, Big Joe Turner, Ella Fitzgerald an…