1/24/2009

RIP

Jazz saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman, a high-profile session musician and long-time key sideman for Ray Charles, died this past Tuesday of pancreatic cancer at a hospital in Kingston, N.Y.

Newman, who played on such Charles hits as "I Got a Woman," and "What'd I Say", had a small part in the 2004 biopic Ray. He was 75 years old.