1. Arthur Doyle was an American jazz saxophonist, bass clarinettist, flutist, and vocalist who was best known for playing what he called "free jazz soul music".
10 Facts About Arthur Doyle
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Arthur Doyle was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1944, and was inspired to play music as child after watching Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington on television.
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Arthur Doyle briefly went to Detroit to play with hard bop trumpeter Charles Moore.
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In 1968, Arthur Doyle moved to New York City, where he worked with Sun Ra and Bill Dixon, and met and befriended saxophonist Pharoah Sanders and guitarist Sonny Sharrock.
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At around this time, Arthur Doyle began struggling with anxiety issues, and moved to Endicott, New York, where he worked as a counselor.
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Arthur Doyle maintained his innocence, and was pardoned and released in 1988.
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Arthur Doyle resumed his association with Grey, playing at CBGB and releasing Arthur Doyle Plays and Sings from the Songbook Volume One on Grey's Audible Hiss label.
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Arthur Doyle spent his final years in his home town of Birmingham.
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Arthur Doyle was the subject of a 2012 documentary titled The Life, Love and Hate of a Free Jazz Man and His Woman, written and directed by Jorge Torres-Torres.
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Arthur Doyle was known for the poor quality of some of his recordings, a number of which were created on a portable cassette recorder.