Died On This Date (June 10, 2009) Jack Nimitz / Jazz Saxophonist
themusicsover Jack Nimitz
January 11, 1930 – June 10, 2009
Jack Nimitz began playing the saxophone while a teenager in Washington DC. Throughout the ’50s, he played with such jazz greats as Woody Herman, Herbie Mann and Stan Getz. During the ’60s, Nimitz moved to Los Angeles to do film session work and continued to play with a who’s who list of West Coast jazz greats. During the ’70s, he played with a popular Charlie Parker tribute band called Supersax. Jack Nimitz died of emphysema at the age of 79.