About David "Fathead" Newman
David "Fathead" Newman was an American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist, who made numerous recordings as a session musician and leader, but is best known for his work as a sideman on seminal 1950s and early 1960s recordings by Ray Charles. Newman joined Charles's band in 1954 as a baritone saxophone player, but later switched to tenor and became the principal saxophone soloist after tenor saxophonist Don Wilkerson left the band. Many of Charles's seminal recordings during the 1950s and early 1960s feature a saxophone solo by Newman. Atlantic Records' producer Jerry Wexler, who worked with Charles, called Newman Charles's "alter ego on tenor".
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