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Alvin Tyler (Alvin Owen Tyler) was born on 5 December, 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, is an American musician (1925–1998). Discover Alvin Tyler's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

Popular As Alvin Owen Tyler
Occupation Saxophonist, arranger
Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 5 December, 1925
Birthday 5 December
Birthplace New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Date of death 3 April, 1998
Died Place New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Nationality United States

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1925

Alvin Owen "Red" Tyler (December 5, 1925 – April 3, 1998) was an American R&B and neo-bop jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger, regarded as "one of the most important figures in New Orleans R&B".

Born and raised in New Orleans, Tyler was known as "Red" because of his light tanned skin.

He grew up listening to the city's marching bands.

1945

He began playing saxophone after he joined the US Army in 1945, and after his discharge joined the Grunewald School of Music.

1949

In 1949 he joined Dave Bartholomew’s R&B band, whose other members included Ernest McLean, Frank Fields, and Earl Palmer.

He also played jazz in club jam sessions, and regarded himself as primarily a jazz rather than an R&B musician.

He made his recording debut on Fats Domino's first session at Cosimo Matassa's studio, when he recorded “The Fat Man”.

He went on to play on sessions for Little Richard, Lloyd Price, Aaron Neville, Lee Dorsey, and numerous other rhythm and blues artists, often helping with the songs' arrangements.

According to Mac Rebennack, "Red Tyler was the true leader of the [studio] band but he never got full credit. He would sit down and organise almost every song. He would organise the changes, teach the guitar player to change, have the piano run it down for everybody to learn...".

1955

In 1955, he began working for Johnny Vincent's Ace Records as an A&R man, and oversaw sessions by Huey "Piano" Smith, Frankie Ford and others.

He also recorded an album, Rockin' and Rollin', credited to "Alvin 'Red' Tyler and the Gyros", with a band that included Fields, Allen Toussaint, and James Booker.

1960

Tyler then moved to California where he recorded with Sam Cooke, Larry Williams and others, before returning to New Orleans in the mid-1960s.

From the mid-1960s Tyler worked as a liquor salesman.

He also began leading his own jazz band, the Gentlemen Of Jazz, in clubs and hotel residencies in New Orleans, and played with other jazz musicians including Ellis Marsalis.

While the baritone saxophone had been his primary instrument during his years as a studio musician, his jazz playing gradually came to rely much more on tenor saxophone.

1961

He left Ace in 1961, and helped Harold Battiste found his AFO (All For One) record label, which had a hit with Barbara George's "I Know" in 1962.

1964

In December 1964, Little Richard, with Jimi Hendrix, recorded his tune, "Cross Over".

1967

He co-owned Parlo records AKA Olrap Publishing, Inc., which found success in 1967 with Aaron Neville's "Tell It Like It Is".

1980

In the mid-1980s he recorded two jazz albums, Graciously and Heritage, with vocals by Johnny Adams and Germaine Bazzle, for Rounder Records.

1994

In 1994, he recorded the album The Ultimate Session with Toussaint, Earl Palmer, Mac Rebennack, and other New Orleans musicians.

Tyler died at age 72 in New Orleans.

After his death, the New Orleans Jazz Festival organised a concert in his honor, featuring many leading New Orleans musicians.