Saxophone players worldwide will be sad to hear of the loss of one of the masters of music. Andrew Love- saxophonist of the MEMPHIS HORNS.Love died Thursday from complications of Alzheimer's, said his wife, Willie. He was 70. What a sad loss to this world. Saxophonists everywhere should thank him inspirit for all the great music he recorded and left for us to groove on. his soul in this music- will live forever every time a horn part is played on one of the hundreds of hits he played on.
One of the true legends in the saxophone world passed, the saxophonist in the Memphis Horns Andrew Love , his work is timeless and a benchmark of excellence to all of us, with songs like "Dock of the Bay", "Knock on the Wood", "In The Ghetto","Tonight's The Night", "Shaft", "Roll With It", "Roll With It" , Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” and Dusty Springfield’s “Son of a Preacher Man"..and hundreds of others.
He sure did leave his mark in music. RIP Andrew.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/14/arts/music/andrew-love-saxophonist-with-the-memphis-horns-dies-at-70.html?_r=1
Andrew Love was a Grammy-winning saxophonist
A member of the Memphis Horns, the Memphis native spent decades backing Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, U2 and Neil Young.
One of the true legends in the saxophone world passed, the saxophonist in the Memphis Horns Andrew Love , his work is timeless and a benchmark of excellence to all of us, with songs like "Dock of the Bay", "Knock on the Wood", "In The Ghetto","Tonight's The Night", "Shaft", "Roll With It", "Roll With It" , Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” and Dusty Springfield’s “Son of a Preacher Man"..and hundreds of others.
He sure did leave his mark in music.
I for one am thankful to Mr. Love for providing a place in music for horns. Many a weekend, I have played " Knock On Wood" and countless other tunes at gigs that Andrew played horn parts on. Without the Memphis Horns- a lot of us would of been playing less gigs via horn sections! THANK YOU ANDREW LOVE. You and your beautiful soulful saxophone sound will be missed.
"If you've ever heard the brilliant unison horns that play the starting phrases on records such as 'Knock On Wood,' 'Hold On, I'm Comin' ' or 'In the Midnight Hour,' then you've experienced the excitement that the Memphis Horns can stir when opening a song," fellow Memphis studio stalwart Booker T. Jones said while presenting them the lifetime achievement award.
If you call the Memphis Horns, you know what you're going to get: solid horn lines and warm, flowing harmonies that are perfect.The Memphis Horns were a staple of much of the music made at Stax Records, the celebrated studio and record company that was one of the most important R&B and soul labels ever!
Andrew Love was born Nov. 21, 1941.He studied psychiatry at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma. But having grown up playing sax with the gospel band in his father's church, he was strongly drawn to music.Love was working in Memphis when Jackson first heard him play. Jackson had grown up across the Mississippi River in West Memphis, Ark., and had been a member of the Mar-Keys, a instrumental group that scored a Top 5 hit with "Last Night" for Satellite Records, which soon became Stax.
Take sometime today and listen to the horn parts on Otis Redding's soul classic "Try a Little Tenderness." Sweet soul music.
RIP Andrew.
~ TIM PRICE
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