Andrew Love (musician)

Andrew Love (November 21, 1941 – April 12, 2012) was an American saxophone player based in Memphis, Tennessee, best known for being a member of The Memphis Horns.

Career
Love was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and began his interest in music at the Baptist church where his father was pastor. His music education continued in high school and at Langston University in Oklahoma. He returned to Memphis in 1965 and began session work at Stax Records where he teamed up with trumpet player Wayne Jackson. The two created the signature horn sound at Stax on hit records by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave and others.

After recording numerous tracks at Stax, he and Jackson incorporated themselves into The Memphis Horns and began freelancing. Love and Jackson recorded at sessions for such artists as Neil Diamond, Elvis Presley and Dusty Springfield. The duo also toured with The Doobie Brothers, Jimmy Buffett, Robert Cray and numerous other performers.

In 2002, Love was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease which forced his retirement the following year and his eventual death in 2012 at age 70.

Al Bell, co-owner of Stax records, said "I love saxophone players, and I have many saxophone players I admire and hold in high esteem. But I have never heard a saxophone player who affects and penetrates me like Andrew Love. It was the spirit in him, and you could feel it in the music. He could arouse your deepest emotions, but he would do it gently, softly. It was like he was making love to your soul."

Discography
With Luther Allison With Otis Redding With Lulu With Albert King With David Porter With Tony Joe White With Jimmy Buffett With Joe Cocker With Tom Rush With Bonnie Raitt With Keith Richards With Tanya Tucker With Carly Simon With José Feliciano With Billy Joel With Nicolette Larson With Rufus Thomas With Shirley Brown With Stephen Stills With Wilson Pickett With Yvonne Elliman With Carla Thomas With Aretha Franklin With William Bell With John Prine With James Taylor With Eddie Floyd With B.B. King With Steve Cropper
 * Live in Chicago (Alligator, 1995 [1999])
 * Pain in My Heart (Atco Records, 1964)
 * The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads (Atco Records, 1965)
 * Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (Stax Records, 1965)
 * The Soul Album (Stax Records, 1966)
 * Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul (Stax Records, 1966)
 * King & Queen (Stax Records, 1967)
 * The Dock of the Bay (Stax Records, 1968)
 * Melody Fair (Atco, 1970)
 * Born Under a Bad Sign (Stax Records, 1967)
 * Sweat & Love (Enterprise Records, 1974)
 * Tony Joe White (Warner Bros. Records, 1971)
 * Hot Water (MCA Records, 1988)
 * Cocker (EMI, 1986)
 * Ladies Love Outlaws (Columbia Records, 1974)
 * Longing in Their Hearts (Capitol Records, 1994)
 * Talk Is Cheap (Virgin Records, 1988)
 * Should I Do It (MCA Records, 1981)
 * Another Passenger (Elektra Records, 1976)
 * Memphis Menu (RCA Victor, 1972)
 * Storm Front (Columbia Records, 1989)
 * Nicolette (Warner Bros. Records, 1978)
 * Do the Funky Chicken (Stax Records, 1970)
 * Intimate Storm (Soundtown Records, 1984)
 * Stephen Stills 2 (Atlantic Records, 1971)
 * In the Midnight Hour (Atlantic Records, 1965)
 * The Exciting Wilson Pickett (Atlantic Records, 1966)
 * The Sound of Wilson Pickett (Atlantic Records, 1967)
 * Don't Knock My Love (Atlantic Records, 1971)
 * Rising Sun (RSO Records, 1975)
 * Love Means... (Stax Records, 1971)
 * Aretha Now (Atlantic Records, 1968)
 * Young, Gifted and Black (Atlantic Records, 1972)
 * Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) (Atlantic Records, 1973)
 * With Everything I Feel in Me (Atlantic Records, 1974)
 * The Soul of a Bell (Stax Records, 1967)
 * Common Sense (Atlantic Records, 1975)
 * Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (Warner Bros. Records, 1971)
 * Knock on Wood (Stax Records, 1967)
 * To Know You Is to Love You (ABC Records, 1973)
 * Friends (ABC Records, 1974)
 * Playin' My Thang (MCA Records, 1981)