Real name: Sylvester Kyner Jr.

Effective period / Period of releases: 1958 - 2000

American jazz alto saxophonist and flautist, born December 17, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan, died March 20, 1981 in the same city.
Played with Barry Harris (1949-1952), Frank Rosolino (1954), Art Blakey, Curtis Fuller, Paul Quinichette, Clifford Brown, Pony Poindexter, Donald Byrd, Kenny Dorham, Yusef Lateef and others, and in his own bands.
He recorded albums as a leader for Savoy, Blue Note & Jazzland between 1958 & 1962.