NEW YORK, July 12 (UPI) -- Noted jazz saxophonist John Stubblefield has died of prostate cancer in New York at age 60, The New York Times reported.
Stubblefield worked with some of the biggest names in the business over three decades, including Mary Lou Williams, Charles Mingus, Tito Puente, Miles Davis, Anthony Braxton and Abdullah Ibrahim.
He played 13 years with the Mingus Big Band, founded by Sue Mingus to play the music of her late husband, Charles.
He had been hospitalized since April 2004, but left in October to conduct the Mingus band through a six-hour recording session. The three songs he arranged are included on "I Am Three," an album released last month.
The Arkansas native died July 4. He is survived by his wife, Katherine Gogel of Weston, Mass.; his son, John Stubblefield V of Joliet, Ill.; and his sister, Joyce Pattillo of Little Rock.
