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Editorial Reviews - Jazz-Funk Musicians by Instrument From the Publisher Chapters: Jazz-Funk Drummers, Jazz-Funk Keyboardists, Jazz-Funk Organists, Jazz-Funk Pianists, Jazz-Funk Saxophonists, Jazz-Funk Trombonists, Jazz-Funk Trumpeters, Herbie Hancock, Harry Connick, Jr., Ron Holloway, Freddie Hubbard, Lester Bowie, Joe Zawinul, Chico Hamilton, Jimmy Smith, Kevin Toney, Jimmy Mcgriff, Hampton Hawes, Eddie Harris, Hank Crawford, Joshua Redman, Mark Berman, Lonnie Smith, Donald Byrd, Stanton Moore, Jack Mcduff, Onaje Allan Gumbs, Donald Harrison, Troy Andrews, Les Mccann, Larry Young, Leon 'ndugu' Chancler, Todd Cochran, Harvey Mason, Stix Hooper. 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-Funk Drummers, Jazz-Funk Keyboardists, Jazz-Funk Organists, Jazz-Funk Pianists, Jazz-Funk Saxophonists, Jazz-Funk Trombonists, Jazz-Funk Trumpeters, Herbie Hancock, Harry Connick, Jr., Ron Holloway, Freddie Hubbard, Lester Bowie, Joe Zawinul, Chico Hamilton, Jimmy Smith, Kevin Toney, Jimmy Mcgriff, Hampton Hawes, Eddie Harris, Hank Crawford, Joshua Redman, Mark Berman, Lonnie Smith, Donald Byrd, Stanton Moore, Jack Mcduff, Onaje Allan Gumbs, Donald Harrison, Troy Andrews, Les Mccann, Larry Young, Leon 'ndugu' Chancler, Todd Cochran, Harvey Mason, Stix Hooper. Excerpt: Ronald Edward "Ron" Holloway, born August 24, 1953 in Washington, D.C., is an American tenor sax