Harold Ousley

Harold Lomax Ousley (January 23, 1929 – August 13, 2015) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and flautist.

Background
Born in Chicago, Ousley began playing in the late-1940s and 1950s. He accompanied Billie Holiday and recorded with Dinah Washington. He played as a sideman with Gene Ammons in the 1950s and with Jack McDuff and George Benson in the 1960s. He released his first record as a leader in 1961. In the 1970s, he played with Lionel Hampton and Count Basie in addition to releasing further material as a leader. After 1977, he did not release another album under his own name until Grit-Grittin' Feelin' (2000). Ousley died on August 13, 2015, in Brooklyn.

As leader

 * Tenor Sax (Bethlehem, 1961)
 * The Kid! (Cobblestone, 1972)
 * The People's Groove (Muse, 1977)
 * Sweet Double Hipness (Muse, 1980)
 * That's When We Thought of Love (J's Way Records, 1986)
 * Grit-Grittin' Feelin' (Delmark, 2000)

As sideman
With Jack McDuff
 * Walk On By (Prestige, 1966)
 * Hallelujah Time! (Prestige, 1963–1966 [1967])
 * Soul Circle (Prestige, 1964–1966 [1968])
 * I Got a Woman (Prestige, 1964–1966 [1969])
 * Steppin' Out (Prestige, 1961–1966 [1969])