caption associated_acts death_date article_title name background birth_date instrument genre image origin birth_name occupation
don the charlie spivak sax section , 1941 raffell on far right -lrb- tenor -rrb- in the wilson lennon sisters charlie spivak time-life records tonight show band nelson riddle artie shaw gerald 24 march 2003 don raffell
 don raffell non_vocal_instrumentalist 26 april 1919 saxophones clarinets flutes trumpet bop pop cool jazz big band swing west coast jazz charlie spivak saxophone section with don raffell.jpg united states washington , d.c. donald howard raffell multireedist , educator
don raffell

don raffell -lrb- `` née '' donald howard raffell ; apr 26 , 1919 , washington d.c. - d. mar 24 , 2003 , sherman oaks , california -rrb- was an american saxophonist , woodwind doubler -lrb- multireedist -rrb- , studio musician and educator .
raffell recorded on hundreds of records , movies , and t.v shows dating from the 1940s all the way through the 1990s .
his career as a studio musician was long and stylistically diverse having started in the big band era and playing all the way up through rock n ' roll and other modern pop era acts .
he had a long time close professional association with arranger and conductor nelson riddle .
