Alto saxophone player and singer Eddie ‘Cleanhead’ Vinson (1917-1988). As saxophone player he remained rather undervalued, but in the forties he made it as a singer. By doing performances on festivals, he again caught attention from a larger public from 1969.
Sources:
Eddie Vinson: Cleanhead Blues
(Camden / Muse, double cd)
Eddie Cleanhead Vinson: I Want A Little Girl
(Pablo)