Please answer the following question: Leroy Hog Cooper (August 31 1928-January 15 2009) was a jazz and R&B baritone saxophonist most known for his 20-year association some of the time as musical director/bandleader with Ray Charles.From 1948 to 1951 Cooper toured with Ernie Fields' territory band.A childhood friend of David Fathead Newman in 1954 the two played together in the sax section backing Lowell Fulson on his first single for Chess Records Reconsider Baby.In 1957 Newman recommended Cooper to Charles who joined Charles' band the same summer as bassist Edgar Willis both musicians staying on with Charles for some twenty years.Cooper also played recorded or toured with Lightnin' Hopkins Clarence Gatemouth Brown Lowell Fulson the Righteous Brothers Dr. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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