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Clifford "King"Solomon (January 17, 1931 – June 21, 2004) was an Americanjazz andR&B musician.
Solomon was born in Los Angeles and learned to play clarinet from an early age and picked up saxophone when he was 13. In the late 1940s he played withT-Bone Walker andPee Wee Crayton, then joined the band ofRoy Porter in 1948-1949, and soon after played withLionel Hampton,Floyd Ray,Art Farmer,Annie Ross,Gigi Gryce,Clifford Brown,Charles Brown, and then Hampton again. He led his own band in Alaska in the mid-1950s and played withRoy Milton in 1956-57; he also recorded under his own name forOkeh Records in the 1950s. He worked in the 1960s withOnzy Matthews (1962-1964),Ike & Tina Turner as a member of theKings of Rhythm,[1] andJohnny Otis. In addition he recorded withLou Rawls,Preston Love,Mel Brown,Maxine Weldon,Billy Brooks,Esther Phillips,John Mayall, andBig Joe Turner. From February to March 1974, he was the saxophonist in the two-piece "horn band" of Canned Heat's European tour;[2] the author of this reference characterizes Clifford Solomon as "one of the best musicians I have ever played with". From 1974 to 1987 he wasRay Charles's musical director; he served in the same capacity for Johnny Otis from 1988 to 1990. In the 1990s he worked with Charles Brown once more.
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