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Obituary: Earl Turbinton (1941-2007)

September 1, 2007 by: Jeff Hannusch

The eclectic New Orleans avant-garde jazz saxophonist Earl Turbinton, a.k.a. “The African Cowboy,” succumbed to lung cancer August 3 in Baton Rouge. He was 65. The brother of funk keyboardist Wilson “Willie Tee” Turbinton, Earl Turbint...

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