"Every time I pick the horn up, it’s more intriguing to me," he said in 1990. "It satisfies my desire to do whatever I do." – Boots Randolph

The first sax album I purchased was when I was in Junior High School and it was one of Boot Randolph’s Ballad albums. Right now I have his "When the Spirt Moves You" play along CD and sheet music on my music stand. I’ve been channeling Boots for a couple of months now. Wikipedia sez:

Boots Randolph (born Homer Louis Randolph III, June 3, 1927 – July 3, 2007, in Paducah, Kentucky) was a saxophone player best known for the 1963 hit, "Yakety Sax," which was also the closing theme to the Benny Hill television specials. During his more than forty year career, Randolph has performed in hundreds of venues and alongside many music artists in pop music, rock music, jazz, and country styles. He has played on several albums with Elvis Presley and also performed on soundtracks for a number of Presley’s motion pictures.

You can also read about his death on Yahoo at "Boots Randolph Dead at 80" The man was such a player and lived a very full life. Goodnight Boots.