Floyd Newman
Floyd Newman (born August 17, 1931) is a saxophonist, session musician and bandleader. As a baritone sax player, he was long associated with Stax Records, and as a member of The Mar-Keys’ horn section and the Memphis Horns.
Born in Memphis, in the late 1940s he became a member of the B.B. King Review, with, among others, George Coleman and George Joyner. Newman later moved to Detroit and recorded with Jackie Brenston,[1] and toured with Sam Cooke before returning to Memphis. Newman also led a band featuring Howard Grimes on drums, Joe Woods on guitar and Isaac Hayes on keyboards, and which performed at the Plantation Inn. This line-up also recorded a 45, “Frog Stomp”, co-written by Newman and Hayes. Newman and Hayes had previously coincided in Ben Branch’s house band at the Tropicana Club, with Hayes as a vocalist.[2]
As a member of the House horn section at Stax, in 1965 he would go on to become a founding member of the Memphis Horns, with Wayne Jackson and Gene "Bowlegs" Miller on trumpets, Floyd Newman on baritone sax and Andrew Love on tenor.
Discography[]
- As leader/co-leader
- "Frog Stomp"/"Sassy" (Stax)
- As sideman
- 1964: Pain in My Heart – Otis Redding
- 1965: Boss of the Blues – B.B. King
- 1965: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads – Otis Redding
- 1965: Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul – Otis Redding
- 1965: In the Midnight Hour – Wilson Pickett
- 1966: The Exciting Wilson Pickett – Wilson Pickett
- 1966: Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul – Otis Redding
- 1966: The Soul Album – Otis Redding
- 1967: The Sound of Wilson Pickett – Wilson Pickett
- 1967: The Wicked Pickett – Wilson Pickett
- 1968: Tell Mama – Etta James
- 1968: I'm in Love – Wilson Pickett
- 1968: The Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding
- 1968: Aretha Now – Aretha Franklin
- 1969: Boz Scaggs – Boz Scaggs
- 1970: Melody Fair – Lulu
- 1971: Stephen Stills 2 – Stephen Stills
- 1973: Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) – Aretha Franklin
References[]
- ^ Bowman, Rob (1997) Soulsville, U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records, p. 26 At Google Books. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- ^ Guralnick, Peter (2002) Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom, pp. 50–53. Canongate Books At Google Books. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
External links[]
- Floyd Newman NAMM Oral History Interview (2015)
- 1940s births
- Living people
- Musicians from Memphis, Tennessee
- American soul musicians
- American saxophonists
- American male saxophonists
- Atlantic Records artists
- Stax Records artists
- 21st-century saxophonists
- 21st-century American male musicians