Read the bio below and try to give details on rocky boyd 's: - instrument - birth name - genre - alias - birth date - name - background - label - birth place Bio: john erskine '' rocky '' boyd -lrb- boston , 1936 -rrb- is an american jazz saxophonist . he studied at the south end music school , berklee and the boston conservatory . interested in jazz , he moved to new york in 1958 where he continued his studies while playing at jazz clubs . he played his first date at the five spot . before long , he was working with johnny griffin , philly joe jones and pete laroca . later he replaced stanley turrentine in the max roach quintet and also took hank mobley 's place in the miles davis quintet for three months , after he left in 1961 . however , boyd never recorded in studio with davis , and in early 1962 he went on the road with the philly joe jones quintet . virtually nothing else is known about his subsequent activities . his only studio album known to exist is '' ease it '' , recorded in 1961 for jazztime records . back in 1958 , boyd was quite renowned . while in new york city , he lived together with drummer sunny murray whom , in a 2003 interview , recalls : '' sort of began my career ... he was hot , very hot at that period . he was responsible for bringing sam rivers into the music , tony williams into the music -lsb- ... he helped me begin , and he was very encouraging of me in my studies , as we were living together downtown . ''
- instrument is tenor saxophone- birth name is john erskine boyd- genre is hard bop- alias is rocky boyd- birth date is 1936- name is rocky boyd- background is non_vocal_instrumentalist- label is jazztime records- birth place is boston