found: Chambers, J. New York concerto [SR] p1981:container (Sonny Fortune, alto saxophone, flute)
found: New Grove dict. of jazz(Fortune, Sonny (Cornelius); b. May 19, 1939, Philadelphia; alto saxophonist)
found: New York times WWW site, viewed Nov. 2, 2018(in obituary published Nov. 1: Sonny Fortune; b. Cornelius Lawrence Fortune, May 19, 1939, Philadelphia; moved to New York in 1967; d. [last] Thursday [Oct. 25, 2018], Manhattan, aged 79; saxophonist whose incandescent improvisations made him an essential member of bands led by some of jazz's most illustrious figures as well as a respected bandleader)
found: NPR WWW site, viewed Nov. 2, 2018(in obituary dated Oct. 27: Sonny Fortune; b. May 19, 1939, Philadelphia; moved to New York City in 1967; d. there Thursday [Oct. 25, 2018], aged 79)