Sam Reed (October 18, 1935 – July 7, 2021) was a tenor saxophonist based in Philadelphia.
[1] Working at the Uptown Theater in the late 1950s and early 1960s, he added jazz and rhythm & blues shows to what was at the time an R&B, blues and rock and roll venue.
[2] For some years, Reed was also musical director for Teddy Pendergrass,[2] and in the early 1970s, he was the "horn contractor" for Gamble and Huff's Philadelphia International Records.
[3] Bootsie Barnes, Mickey Roker and Jimmy Oliver are among the other Philadelphia-based musicians he has performed with.
[4] In 2012, he received the Jazz Journalists Association's annual Jazz Heroes Award.