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Tchicai, John, 1936-2012

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Personal name headingTchicai, John, 1936-2012
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Birth date19360428
Death date20121008
Place of birthCopenhagen, Denmark
Place of deathPerpignan, France
Field of activityFree jazz
AffiliationNew York Art Quartet
Profession or occupationSaxophonist Jazz musician
Found inKein roter Faa, denn die Worte sind niemals gefallen, c1990: container (John Tchicai) insert (John Martin Tchicai, b. Copenhagen, 1936; jazz saxophonist)
Grove music online, Nov. 10, 2010 (Tchicai, John (Martin); b. Apr. 28, 1936, Copenhagen; Danish saxophonist and bandleader)
New York times WWW site, Oct. 11, 2012 (in obituary published Oct. 10: John Tchicai; b. John Martin Tchicai, Apr. 28, 1936, Copenhagen; d. Monday [Oct. 8, 2012], Perpignan, France, aged 76; soft-toned Danish saxophonist who was at the center of the free-jazz movement in the mid-1960s, notably as a member of the New York Art Quartet and a presence on John Coltrane's watershed album Ascension, and later in Europe)