Obit: Bill Perkins

Subject: RE: Obit: Bill Perkins
From: Mark Clark
Date: 12 Aug 03 - 10:34 PM

Sorry to learn of Perkins' passing. Thanks, GUEST.

      - Mark

Subject: Obit: Bill Perkins
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Aug 03 - 10:26 PM

Bill Perkins died Saturday of cancer. A leading figure on the West Coast jazz he was a saxophonist in the Stan Kenton and Woody Herman big bands in the 1950s. Most recently, he played with Bill Holman's band until he became ill in June.