John Klemmer Biography

John Klemmer is an American jazz and jazz fusion saxophonist and composer who was born on July 3, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois. Klemmer has collaborated with a number of musicians, including Steely Dan, John Lee Hooker, Roy Haynes, Tim Buckley and Nancy Wilson. Klemmer has recorded with various record labels including Cadet, Impulse!, ABC, MCA, and Elektra. Klemmer is recognized for playing an electrified horn with an echoplex early proponent of the smooth jazz style. Klemmer's song "Free Soul" (from Blowin' Gold, 1969) was featured on the breakbeat compilation Strictly Breaks.