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Dewey Redman
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<p>Walter Dewey Redman (May 17, 1931 – September 2, 2006) was an American saxophonist who performed <a href="/facts/Free_jazz/kKAnd1kL">free jazz</a> as a bandleader and with <a href="/facts/Ornette_Coleman/ACLIWTT9">Ornette Coleman</a> and <a href="/facts/Keith_Jarrett/GhJqcQeV">Keith Jarrett</a>. </p><p>Redman mainly played <a href="/facts/Tenor_saxophone/3wjSPvBF">tenor saxophone</a>, though he occasionally also played <a href="/facts/Alto_saxophone/H3w7NSVD">alto</a>, the Chinese <i><a href="/facts/Suona/BSwIXmM0">suona</a></i> (which he called a musette), and <a href="/facts/Clarinet/57a45Ia7">clarinet</a>. His son is saxophonist <a href="/facts/Joshua_Redman/d7xYN6Wj">Joshua Redman</a>. </p>