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Born: April 26, 1921, in Omaha, NE
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[[Image:PrestonLove.jpg|frame|Preston Love]]
Died: February 2004
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[[Preston Love]] (April 26, 1921, in Omaha, NE - February 12, 2004) is name-checked on the cover of "[[Freak Out!]]" (1966) under the heading "These People Have Contributed Materially In Many Ways To Make Our Music What It Is. Please Do Not Hold It Against Them".
  
Started playing the saxophone at 15. Playing with Count Basie in early forties. Formed Otis-Love band with [[Johnny Otis]] in 1943.  
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Started playing the saxophone at 15. He was just 22 when he got his big break with the [[Wikipedia:Count Basie Orchestra|Count Basie Orchestra]]. In the years to come, the musicians he performed with read like a who's who of jazz and rhythm-and-blues: [[Wikipedia:Billie Holiday|Billie Holiday]], [[Ray Charles]], [[Wikipedia:The Temptations|The Temptations]], [[Wikipedia:Smokey Robinson|Smokey Robinson]], [[Wikipedia:Marvin Gaye|Marvin Gaye]], [[Wikipedia:Diana Ross|Diana Ross]], [[Wikipedia:Stevie Wonder|Stevie Wonder]], [[Aretha Franklin]] — and that is only a partial list. Formed Otis-Love band with the rhythm-and-blues drummer [[Johnny Otis]] (also name-checked on the cover of "[[Freak Out!]]") in 1943. In the early 1960s he formed a recording company with Otis, who also played on some of Love's recordings; the two musicians performed together at the [[Monterey]] Pop Festival in 1970. Love later returned to Omaha, where he was active as a journalist, teacher, and broadcaster.
  
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==External links==
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* [[Wikipedia:Preston Love]]
[[Category:Freak Out! (The List)]]
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Latest revision as of 16:07, 27 July 2021

Preston Love

Preston Love (April 26, 1921, in Omaha, NE - February 12, 2004) is name-checked on the cover of "Freak Out!" (1966) under the heading "These People Have Contributed Materially In Many Ways To Make Our Music What It Is. Please Do Not Hold It Against Them".

Started playing the saxophone at 15. He was just 22 when he got his big break with the Count Basie Orchestra. In the years to come, the musicians he performed with read like a who's who of jazz and rhythm-and-blues: Billie Holiday, Ray Charles, The Temptations, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin — and that is only a partial list. Formed Otis-Love band with the rhythm-and-blues drummer Johnny Otis (also name-checked on the cover of "Freak Out!") in 1943. In the early 1960s he formed a recording company with Otis, who also played on some of Love's recordings; the two musicians performed together at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1970. Love later returned to Omaha, where he was active as a journalist, teacher, and broadcaster.

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