- Vienna - "Speak Low/Easy To Love" - Carmen Leggio - Sax

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"Carmen Leggio" was an American jazz musician. He played tenor saxophone. Leggio was born in Tarrytown, New York and died there on April 17, 2009. In his final years, he performed in various clubs and restaurants throughout Westchester, like the Red Hat Bistro in Irvington. In 2006 he recorded Three Legends Live At The Division Street Grill with Bucky Pizzarelli and Bill Crow at one of these dates. On April 17, 2009, he suffered a heart attack in front of his home in Tarrytown, and died later that day. Leggio had played with Woody Herman, Benny Goodman, Maynard Ferguson, Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Dizzy Gillespie, Mel Lewis and Thad Jones and Doc Severinsen. There have also been television shows, movies, the Newport Jazz Festival, Birdland and, yes, Carnegie Hall.
"I don't know much about horns and mouthpieces. A friend of mine got me to the right sax and set-up and I just stayed with it because it worked for me. A sax is like a pair of shoes. If you get a pair that are comfortable, you can learn how to do any kind of dance in them."
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