veteran saxophonist Ed Wiley Jr. Projects the resonant sound and soulful assurance so closely associated with the 'Texas Tenor' tradition. No matter that he long ago moved north and settled in Philadelphia. He's still got the touch." Wiley would return to the studio frequently throughout the 2000s, always surrounded by a cross generation of renowned accompanists, including pianists Kenny Barron, Roland Hanna and John Hicks; trombonist Al Grey; trumpeters Nicholas Payton and John Swana; organist Joey DeFrancesco; and guitarists Mark Elf, Kevin McNeal and Jimmy Ponder; and drummer Ben Riley. In 2000, after 48 years, Wiley and blues singer Piney Brown reunited to perform at the Blues Estafette, a revue featuring the greats of blues, in Utrecht, The Netherlands. In February 2010, Wiley moved to Garner, North Carolina, to live with his oldest son. Wiley died on September 27, 2010, in Garner, at the age of 80, after an injury from a fall. References Jazz tenor saxophonists American jazz saxophonists American rock saxophonists American funk saxophonists American male saxophonists 1930 births 2010 deaths Accidental deaths from falls American male jazz musicians 20th-century American saxophonists