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  A few days ago I learnt that the saxophonist Amadee Castenell passed away. I had the opportunity to come in contact with him through Facebook and email messages. Also, he had sent me a few tracks, recordings in order to listen to them. Amadee was a master tenor saxophonist and flautist. He had collaborated with Dr. John, The Neville Bros, Allen Toussaint, Elvis Costello, Irma Thomas and many others in his career. He was a member of the seminal New Orleans funk band Chocolate Milk . He was also musical director of this group. He was a member of Allen Toussaint's orchestra for many years. I love the song " Save The Last Dance ". It was included in the album of 1979 " Milky Way ". He co-wrote that song. After the last album with his group Chocolate Milk in 1981, they continued to play music in the festival. But the loss of the RCA deal and his growing reputation as a master on saxophone and flute, opened the door for more performances with Allen Toussaint and Da

Hello my friends, due to the fact that a few days ago the legendary saxophonist Benny Golson passed away, I decided to make this article. He was 95 years old. He died on Saturday the 21st of September at his home in Manhattan. He collaborated with some of the biggest names in jazz music and was a founder of one of the leading groups of the hard bop era.  I need many pages in order to talk about him. Simply, I want to tell you a few words. Every time that I think of Benny Golson, I always remember the 2004 film " The Terminal " starring Tom Hanks. I love this film. Also, I had the opportunity of playing on my show a few tracks from his album of 1978 " I'm Always Dancin' To The Music ". I want to mention two of these songs. The first one is the song " Love Is The Key " which was written by Sharon McMahan who became known with the sublime song " Get Out Of My Life ". The second song was the well-known track of Emotions " Don't Ask M