Sahib Shihab (born Edmund Gregory; June 23, 1925 – October 24, 1989) was an American jazz and hard bop saxophonist (baritone, alto, and soprano) and flautist.
[2] Edmund Gregory first played alto saxophone professionally for Luther Henderson aged 13,[3] and studied at the Boston Conservatory,[4] and to perform with trumpeter Roy Eldridge.
[2] The invitation to play with Dizzy Gillespie's big band in the early 1950s was of particular significance, as it marked Shihab's switch to baritone.
In the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, Shihab accompanied Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson on stage for the Swedish entry "Nygammal Vals".
[1] With Art Blakey With Brass Fever With Donald Byrd With Betty Carter With the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band With John Coltrane With Tadd Dameron With Art Farmer With Curtis Fuller and Hampton Hawes With Dizzy Gillespie With Benny Golson With Johnny Griffin With George Gruntz With Roy Haynes With Milt Jackson With Philly Joe Jones With Quincy Jones With Abbey Lincoln With Howard McGhee With Thelonious Monk With Mark Murphy With Phineas Newborn, Jr. With Oscar Pettiford With Specs Powell With A. K. Salim With Tony Scott With Mal Waldron With Julius Watkins and Charlie Rouse With Randy Weston With Gene Quill, Hal Stein and Phil Woods With Phil Woods With Idrees Sulieman