# George Cassidy

> George Cassidy was a Northern Irish jazz musician and music teacher from Bloomfield, Belfast, Northern Ireland, specializing in the tenor saxophone. He was also noted for teaching fellow Belfast musician Van Morrison music reading and notation and giving him saxophone lessons. Cassidy also played the clarinet, hurdy-gurdy and Hawaiian Guitar. Following a stint in a local beat band, Cassidy toured in Ireland playing saxophone behind Dusty Springfield with The Springfields. Cassidy was lead saxophonist with the Regal Accordion & Saxophone Band.

*Northern Irish jazz musician*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1936-09-07
- **Died:** 2023-05-28
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 45.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.7 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 10.5 / 100
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- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bf8509b4-9322-42cd-9ef1-0a0a1c037214)
- [George Cassidy (cerddor jazz)](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cassidy_(cerddor_jazz))
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- [George Cassidy](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cassidy)
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- [George Cassidy](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cassidy)
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- [George Cassidy (jazzmuzikant)](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cassidy_(jazzmuzikant))
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- [George Cassidy](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cassidy)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131195427)

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