Frank Strozier

Frank R. Strozier Jr. (born June 13, 1937) is a jazz alto saxophonist, flutist, pianist and composer.

Life and career Strozier was born in Memphis, Tennessee, where he learned to play piano. In 1954, after high school, he moved to Chicago, where he studied clarinet at the Chicago Conservatory of Music and performed with Harold Mabern, George Coleman, and Booker Little (like Strozier, they were from Memphis).

Discography

As leader Fantastic Frank Strozier (Vee-Jay, 1960) Long Night (Jazzland, 1961) March of the Siamese Children (Jazzland, 1962) Here's Frank Strozier (Vee-Jay, 1977, recorded 1960) Remember Me (SteepleChase, 1977) What's Goin' On (SteepleChase, 1978)

As sideman With Roy Haynes Cymbalism (New Jazz, 1963) People (Pacific Jazz, 1964)

With Shelly Manne Manne–That's Gershwin! (Capitol, 1965) Boss Sounds! (Atlantic, 1966) Daktari (Atlantic, 1967) Jazz Gunn (Atlantic, 1967) Perk Up (Concord Jazz, 1976)

With MJT+3 Make Everybody Happy (Vee Jay, 1959) MJT + 3 (Vee Jay, 1961)

With Oliver Nelson Live from Los Angeles (Impulse!, 1967) Black, Brown and Beautiful (Flying Dutchman, 1970)

With others Booker Little, Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (1958) Walter Perkins, Walter Perkins' MJT+3 (Vee Jay, 1959) Johnny Griffin, The Big Soul-Band (Riverside, 1960) The Young Lions, The Young Lions (Vee Jay, 1960) Sam Jones, Down Home (Riverside, 1962) Booker Ervin, Exultation! (Prestige, 1963) McCoy Tyner, Today and Tomorrow (Impulse!, 1964) Chet Baker, Baby Breeze (Limelight, 1965) Don Ellis, Autumn (Columbia, 1968) The Three Sounds and the Oliver Nelson Orchestra, Coldwater Flat (Blue Note, 1968) Steve Allen, Soulful Brass (Flying Dutchman, 1969) Sonny Stitt, Dumpy Mama (Flying Dutchman, 1975) Horace Parlan, Frank-ly Speaking (SteepleChase, 1977) Woody Shaw, Little Red's Fantasy (Muse, 1978) Louis Hayes, Variety Is the Spice (Gryphon, 1979) Stafford James, Stafford James Ensemble (Red, 1979)