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Sonny Fortune Cornelius Fortune Philadelphia Pennsylvania U.S May 19 1939 – October 25 2018 Was An American Jazz Saxphonist. Fortune Played Soprano Alto Tenor And Baritone Saxophones Clarinet And Flute. After Moving To New York City In 1967 Fortune Recorded And Appeared Live With Drummer Elvin Jones's Group. In 1968 He Was A Member Of Mongo Santamaría's Band. He Performed With Singer Leon Thomas And With Pianist McCoy Tyner 1971–73 . In 1974 Fortune Replaced Dave Liebman In Miles Davis's Ensemble Remaining Until Spring 1975 When He Was Succeeded By Sam Morrison. Fortune Can Be Heard On The Albums Big Fun Get Up With It Agharta And Pangaea The Last Two Recorded Live In Japan. Fortune Joined Nat Adderley After His Brief Tenure With Davis Then Formed His Own Group In June 1975 Recording Two Albums For The Horizon Records. During The 1990s He Recorded Several Albums For Blue Note. He Has Also Performed With Roy Brooks Buddy Rich George Benson Rabih Abou Khalil Roy Ayers Oliver Nelson Gary Bartz Rashied Ali And Pharoah Sanders As Well As Appearing On The Live Album The Atlantic Family Live At Montreux 1977 .
Sonny Fortune Died At The Age Of 79 In October 2018. Discography As Leader
1966 Trip On The Strip With Stan Hunter Prestige 1974 Long Before Our Mothers Cried Strata-East 1975 Awakening Horizon 1976 Waves Of Dreams Horizon 1977 Serengeti Minstrel Atlantic 1978 Infinity Is Atlantic 1979 With Sound Reason Atlantic 1992 Laying It Down
1993 Monk's Mood
1994 Four In One
1995 A Better Understanding
1996 From Now On
2000 In The Spirit Of John Coltrane
2003 Continuum
2007 You And The Night And The Music
2009 Last Night At Sweet Rhythm As Sideman
With Rabih Abou-Khalil Bukra 1988 Al-Jadida 1990 With Nat Adderley On The Move Theresa 1983 Blue Autumn Theresa 1985 Autumn Leaves Sweet Basil 1990 1991 Work Song Live At Sweet Basil Sweet Basil 1990 1993 With Kenny Barron Innocence Wolf 1978 With Gary Bartz Alto Memories Verve 1994 With George Benson Tell It Like It Is A&M/CTI 1969 With Miles Davis Get Up With It Columbia 1974 Big Fun Columbia 1975 Pangaea Columbia 1975 Agharta Columbia 1975 With Dizzy Gillespie Closer To The Source Atlantic 1984 With Elvin Jones Elvin Jones Jazz Machine Live At Pit Inn Polydor Japan 1985 When I Was At Aso-Mountain Enja 1990 In Europe Enja 1991 It Don't Mean A Thing Enja 1993 With Charles Mingus Three Or Four Shades Of Blues Atlantic 1977 With Alphonse Mouzon The Essence Of Mystery Blue Note 1972 With Pharoah Sanders Izipho Zam My Gifts Strata-East 1969 1973 With Melvin Sparks Akilah! Prestige 1972 With Leon Spencer Bad Walking Woman Prestige 1972 Where I'm Coming From Prestige 1973 With Charles Sullivan Genesis Strata-East 1974 With McCoy Tyner Sahara Milestone 1972 Song For My Lady Milestone 1973 With Mal Waldron Crowd Scene Soul Note 1989 Where Are You? Soul Note 1989 With Mongo Santamaría Stone Soul 1969 read less