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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis music figure was honored Wednesday with his own Beale Street brass note.
Saxophonist Kirk Whalum now has a note on Beale and he put on a concert after the presentation. The ceremony was the Halloran Centre Plaza near the Orpheum.
Whalum has recorded a series of albums, but for a number of people he’s best known for the saxophone break in Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You.”
The world-renowned musician was born and raised in Memphis and comes home often, stopping by News Channel 3 quite a bit.
