Joe Temperley was born on 20 September 1929 in Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland, UK. He is known for The Cotton Club (1984) and Toots (2006). He died on 11 May 2016 in New York City, New York, USA.
Scottish saxophonist who worked in bands for Humphrey Lyttelton, Mercer Ellington and was a founder-member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra of Wynton Marsalis . He was also a teacher at Julliard.