Tenor Saxophonist Ricky Ford was born 4 March 1954, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Ford started to play drums, and then changed to tenor saxophone at the age of 15, inspired by Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Ran ...

He was 59. Mitchell, of Minneapolis, died of an apparent heart attack, said Kirk Juergens, a drum major from 1987-91. In 1963, Mitchell started as a drummer, playing tenor and bass in the marching ...