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OBITUARY 

Chicago Tenor Saxophonist Lin Halliday Dies At 63                        Tenor saxophonist Lin Halliday, who started his professional career in the                      late 1950s but wouldn't achieve wider notoriety until later in life, died                      Tuesday (Jan. 25) in Chicago of natural causes. He was 63.                        Halliday was well known to the Windy City jazz community for his                       post-bop-styled performances at such local venues as the Green Mill,                       the Bop Shop, Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase and the Get Me                       High Lounge. He was in his 50s when he released his debut                       album, tellingly named Delayed Exposure, on the Delmark                       label.                        Halliday was born in De Queen, Ark., on June 16, 1936, but                       was raised in the state capital of Little Rock, where he took                       up clarinet and saxophone. After graduating high school,                       Halliday moved to Los Angeles, where he began playing                       professionally with altoist Joe Maini and at local jam sessions.                       Within a few years, Halliday left California for Wisconsin,                       where he took a break from performance to hone his chops                       (paying special attention to the recordings of Sonny Rollins).                       He moved to New York in 1958, and the following year                       replaced Wayne Shorter in Maynard Ferguson's orchestra. He                       also performed in the ensembles of Louis Bellson and Philly                       Joe Jones at around that time.                        For a period in the 1960s, Halliday lived and played around                       Nashville, Tenn., where he'd moved to raise his family. In                       1978, he sustained a serious injury to his knees and was                       confined to bed for an extended period. In 1980, Halliday                       moved to Chicago, where his career started anew with club                       appearances and a Delmark record deal. In the 1990s, he                       released three albums for the label, including Delayed                       Exposure, East Of The Sun, and Where Or When. He also                       co-led the album Stablemates with saxophonist Eric                       Alexander.                        He is survived by his daughters Laura MacMahon and Jennifer                       Halliday, and a grandson, Brady Duncan. Lin Halliday will be                       cremated, with his ashes and saxophone to be sent to Ms.                       Halliday.                                                             -- Drew Wheeler

 

 

BIOGRAPHY

All-Music Guide    BORN: 1936, DeQueene, AR                     It was fitting that Lin Halliday's first record as a leader was called Delayed Exposure, for                      the talented tenor was already 55. Raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, Halliday has been a                      professional since graduating high school. He spent time in Los Angeles, playing at sessions                      under the guidance of altoist Joe Maini. Halliday spent a year in Wisconsin and then in 1958                      moved to New York. The following year he was Wayne Shorter's replacement with the                      Maynard Ferguson Orchestra, and later on he spent time with the groups of Louie Bellson                      and Philly Joe Jones. After more time in Little Rock, Los Angeles and also Chicago, Halliday                      settled in Nashville in 1966. The tenor saxophonist worked in the studios and in local clubs                      until 1978, when an injury put him out of action for two years. After he recovered, he                      moved permanently to Chicago in 1980, where he became a major fixture in the local jazz                      scene. A strong hard bop soloist who can hold his own with anyone in a jam session, Lin                      Halliday recorded with trumpeter Brad Goode in 1988 and since then has led three CDs of                      his own for Delmark. ~ Scott Yanow, All-Music Guide

 

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