April 26, 2004

Noted saxophonist Harvey L. Thompson will perform with the Calhoun Community College Jazz Band during the college’s 35^th Annual Honors Day Convocation, scheduled for Friday, April 30, 2004, at 10:30 a.m., in the Kelley gym on Calhoun’s Decatur campus.

Born in Meridian, Mississippi, Thompson moved to Tuscaloosa at an early age, and graduated from Druid City High School.  Thompson received his formal education from Tennessee State University, where he majored in music.

Inspired by the late virtuoso saxophonist John Coltrane, Thompson says that he “enjoys music at all levels, from bluegrass to Beethoven.”  A member of the Muscle Shoals Horns, the only local horn section to play for all local recording studios, Thompson has completed tours to London, Switzerland, Paris, Belgium, and Scotland with such music greats as Elton John, Eddie Mitchell, the late John Denver, and most recently Lyle Lovett.  Thompson is also a member of Lovett’s Large Band, and as such, has made television appearances on such programs as the Grammy Awards, Austin City Limits, The Today Show, The Tonight Show, and David Letterman.

The owner of CETS Music Publishing Company, Thompson has recorded with such musicians as Waylon Jennings, Rod Stewart, Hank Williams Jr., The Oak Ridge Boys, Bobby Womack, Isaac Hayes, Dolly Parton, Alabama, James Brown, Steve Winwood, Kris Kristofferson, Wayne Newton, the late Roy Orbison, and many more.

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