Harold Ousley
Harold Ousley, born on January 23, 1929, in Chicago, Illinois, was an American
jazz tenor saxophonist and flutist. He began his career in the late 1940s,
contributing to recordings by notable artists such as Billie Holiday and Dinah
Washington (Sings Bessie Smith, 1957/58). In the 1960s, Ousley collaborated with
Frankie Dunlop, Jack McDuff (Silken Soul, 1966), and George Benson. His first
album under his own name, Tenor Sax, was released in 1961 on Bethlehem Records.
Throughout the 1970s, he played with bands led by Lionel Hampton, Sy Oliver, and
Count Basie, releasing several al...
