Donald Washington, Sr.
1930 – December 1, 2009
Donald Washington, Sr. was Philadelphia-area tenor saxophonist who was a vital part of the local jazz scene from the late ’60s through the mid ’80s. Over the course of his career, he played with the likes of Nat King Cole, Sammy Davis Jr., B.B. King, and Diana Ross. He was 79 when he died of cancer on December 1, 2009.