Please answer the following question: Facts: - instrument: saxophone , piano , clarinet - years active: 1962 -- 2001 - birth name: richard malden heckstall-smith - death date: 17 december 2004 - genre: blues rock , post bop , jazz fusion - birth date: 16 september 1934 - name: dick heckstall-smith - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist - image: dick heckstall-smith . jpg - birth place: ludlow , shropshire , england - associated acts: blues mayall , colosseum incorporated , the graham bond organization , john - occupation: musician Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of dick heckstall-smith .
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dick heckstall-smith -lrb- 16 september 1934 -- 17 december 2004 -rrb- was an english jazz and blues saxophonist .he played with some of the most influential english blues rock and jazz fusion bands of the 1960s and 1970s .