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Editorial Reviews - Jazz-Blues Musicians by Instrument From the Publisher Chapters: Jazz-Blues Guitarists, Jazz-Blues Keyboardists, Jazz-Blues Organists, Jazz-Blues Pianists, Jazz-Blues Saxophonists, Jazz-Blues Trumpeters, Ron Holloway, Norah Jones, Ximena Sariñana, Jimmy Mcgriff, David Newman, Bobby Short, Big Joe Duskin, John Surman, Lonnie Smith, Big Jay Mcneely, Pete Johnson, Speckled Red, Mose Allison, Duke Robillard, Jackie Orszaczky, Calvin Newborn, Ray Bryant, Arnett Cobb, Oran Page, Phil Upchurch, Chris Cain, Bill Coleman, Robin Kenyatta, Dick Siegel, Sam Taylor, Big Nick Nicholas, Alvin Tyler, Harold Ousley, Melvin Sparks, Bill Heid, Les Spann, Joe Turner, Jimmy Gourley, Ram Ramirez. Excerpt: Ronald Edward "Ron" Holloway, born August 24, 1953 in Washington, D.C., is an American tenor saxophonist known for his love of a sweeping breadth and knowledge of jazz, his genial manner sitting in with various bands, his eclectic tastes in music and his ability to adapt his playing to a variety of musical genres. A few years after his entry onto the Washington, D.C. music scene, Holloway was already getting noticed by internationally known musicians. He is listed in the Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz where veteran jazz critic Ira Gitler describes Holloway as a "bear-down-hard-bopper who can blow authentic R Synopsis Chapters: Jazz-Blues Guitarists, Jazz-Blues Keyboardists, Jazz-Blues Organists, Jazz-Blues Pianists, Jazz-Blues Saxophonists, Jazz-Blues Trumpeters, Ron Holloway, Norah Jones, Ximena Sariñana, Jimmy Mcgriff, David Newman, Bobby Short, Big Joe Duskin, John Surman, Lonnie Smith, Big Jay Mcneely, Pete Johnson, Speckled Red, Mose Allison, Duke Robillard, Jackie Orszaczky, Calvin Newborn, Ray Bryant, Arnett Cobb, Oran Page, Phil Upchurch, Chris Cain, Bill Coleman, Robin Kenyatta, Dick Siegel, Sam Taylor, Big Nick Nicholas, Alvin Tyler, Harold Ousley, Melvin Sparks, Bill Heid, Les Spann, Joe Turner, Jimmy Gourley, Ram Ramirez