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California native, Jack Schaeffer's natural ability with the clarinet early on lead him to organize his dixieland band, The Gages Rages. Then following he played the baritone sax with Phil Moore's big band touring the country, playing in a spin off German band group where with Jack's intuitive nature and sense of humor added just the right amount of Bavarian oomph-papa to round out the polkas in the classic styling on his clarinet. In the early 60's Jack on the tenor sax, joined with the popular surf band The Royale Monarchs which were regulars on the television show "The Cinnamon Cinder." Producer Gary Usher discovered the musicians and singed Jack's newly reformed group, The Forte'Four to a recording contract at MCA/Universal and released several singles on the Decca Records label

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Saxophonist Jack Schaeffer Interviewed at AAJ

April 16, 2008

AAJ contributor Randall Robinson sat down recently with longtime Marin county saxophonist Jack Schaeffer who, since the 1970s, has frequently been showcased at San Francisco and Sausalito nightclubs, and is a staple of Mill Valley's Sweetwater Inn, where the saxophonist's AnExchange Quartet played its first gig. Still playing these many years later, Schaeffer frequently gigs with ...

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Jack Schaeffer: Strumbola

by Randall Robinson
April 16, 2008

Jack Schaeffer is a longtime Marin county saxophonist who, since the 1970s, has frequently been showcased at San Francisco and Sausalito nightclubs. Schaeffer is a staple of Mill Valley's Sweetwater Inn, opening the club with his AnExchange Quartet back in the 1970s. Still playing these many years later, Schaeffer frequently gigs with his Hot House Swing ...

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