Jazz legend Gene Walker passed away on Monday at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center at the age of 76.
Walker was an internationally renowned tenor sax player and toured
with the greats, including Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Shep and the
Limelights, Jimmy Reed, The Isley Brothers, Brenda Lee, and Neil
Diamond.
Walker also toured with the Beatles - including their first ever
American tour - and even played in front of a packed crowd at Shea
Stadium in NYC.
Around Columbus, Gene led his own jazz group, Gene Walkers
Generations, which played traditional and contemporary jazz, according
to the Columbus Jazz Arts group.
He was entered into the Columbus Musicians Hall of Fame in 1998.
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