Cornelius Bumpus
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Cornelius Bumpus (January 13, 1946 - February 3, 2004) was a woodwind and keyboard player from Santa Cruz, California.
He began his career playing alto saxophone at ten for the school band and by 12 was playing at Luso-American dances. In 1966 he was in Bobby Freeman's band and after this he began his associations with well-known groups.
His role in these bands was primarily as a saxophonist. His most notable work would be with the Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan. He also sang lead on a few Doobie Brothers songs. Bumpus and his bandmates in Steely Dan won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2001. In 2002 he worked on the Big Blue Earth project sponsored by the Church of Christ, Scientist.
Bumpus died of a heart attack in 2004 while on a flight from New York to Los Angeles.[1].
[edit] External links
- Cornelius Bumpus home page
- Obituary in The Scotsman
- Santa Cruz Sentinel obituary
- YouTube (Performing "Stay Young" with 25th Hour)
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