settling in the Bay Area in California in 1971, where he remained for the rest of his life. Some of the musicians he played with in this period include Benny Carter, Chick Corea, Sammy Davis Jr., Kenny Dorham, James Brown, Kenny Drew, Elvin Jones, Louis Hayes, Bill Evans, Joe Henderson, Joe Farrell, Nancy Wilson, Jessica Williams, and Rob Schneiderman. He led his own quartet during the 1970s and 1980s, Plank 'n Stein, featuring Al Plank on piano; later incarnations of his quartet were eponymous. In the late-1980s and early-1990s he made several solo tours of Europe, playing in France, Germany, and Italy; his daughter, singer Jennie Stein, joined him for one tour in Italy, and as a guest artist with him on a recording made there, Doctor in Jazz (1991). Spirit! (his first recording as a leader since 1955) was recorded and released in 2006, featuring his working ensemble of pianist Lee Bloom, bassist John Wiitala and drummer Danny Spencer. Personal life Born to Jewish parents, his father, Ralph Stein, was born Raphael Eisenstein in Dvinsk, Russia (now Daugavpils, Latvia) in 1898; his surname was shortened to Stein at some point during his youth after emigrating to the U.S. His mother, Jeanette Weiss, the daughter of Hungarian immigrants, was born in New York City in 1903. He had one sibling, a sister named Marilyn, two years his junior. He married singer Shae Bevan in 1957; they divorced in 1978, and he did not remarry. They had three children: Greg (b. 1957), Jennie (b. 1959), and Naomi (b. 1968). All three have followed in his footsteps as artists and educators in their respective fields. He had three grandchildren. He was still active teaching and performing until just a few months before his death from lung cancer at age 79. Discography As bandleader Hal Stein-Warren Fitzgerald Quintet (Progressive, 1955) Spirit! (GuideTone Media, 2006) With Teddy Charles The Teddy Charles Tentet (Atlantic, 1956) Word from Bird (Atlantic, 1957) With Al Cohn Broadway (Progressive, 1954) With Giorgio Diaferia Doctor in Jazz (Splasc(H) Records, 1991) With Tab Smith, Doc Pomus and Leonard Feather Blues in the Red (1945) With Phil Woods, Gene Quill and Sahib Shihab Four Altos (Prestige, 1957) References The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz by Leonard Feather, Ira Gitler Obituary from the SF Chronicle 1928 births 2008 deaths American jazz saxophonists American male saxophonists Jewish American musicians Bebop saxophonists Stanford University faculty Juilliard