John Tchicai

Danish-born saxophonist at the heart of the 'new thing' jazz movement of the 1960sWhen the saxophonist John Tchicai, who has died aged 76, performed with local musicians at the Red Rose in Finsbury Park, north London, in 2005, the show was sold out long before the start – though disappointed disciples stayed on within earshot of the premises, hoping to catch a stray sound. He was a beanpole of a man in a baseball cap who combined an amiable gravitas with an unassuming creative openness to his ...

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