Sam Furnace

American jazz saxophonist, flautist, composer, arranger, writer and educator (born 1954, died 2004). He has performed with Jaki Byard, Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie, Abdullah Ibrahim, McCoy Tyner, Randy Weston, Al Hibbler, Tito Puente, Machito, Charlie Persip, Chico O'Farrill, Bernard Purdie, Mongo Santamaria, Julius A Hemphill, Fred Ho, Elliott Sharp and was a longtime member of the Brooklyn Sax Quartet.