Harold Ousley

Harold Lomax Ousley (January 23, 1929 – August 13, 2015) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and flautist.

[1][2] Born in Chicago, Ousley began playing in the late-1940s and 1950s.

He accompanied Billie Holiday and recorded with Dinah Washington.

He played as a sideman with Gene Ammons in the 1950s and with Jack McDuff and George Benson in the 1960s.

In the 1970s, he played with Lionel Hampton and Count Basie in addition to releasing further material as a leader.