Real name: Joseph Temperley.

Effective period / Period of releases: 1979 - 2003

Scottish jazz tenor and baritone saxophonist and bass clarinetist, born September 20, 1929 in Fife, Scotland, died May 12, 2016.
Temperley first learned alto saxophone, but recorded on tenor sax with Harry Parry 1949, Jack Parnell 1953 and Tony Crombie 1954, and on baritone with Tommy Whittle 1955-1956. Became more known as member of Humphrey Lyttelton's band 1958-1965. In 1965 he settled in New York mainly playing with big bands.