Andrew Woolfolk Passed Away: Does Andrew Woolfolk Have A Family?

American saxophonist, Andrew Woolfolk, who passed away on April 24, 2022, was married but was not known to have had children.

Information about his wife is not available online.

Born on October 11, 1950, in Texas, United States, Woolfolk played in the United States School in Orleans, France school band during his father’s military deployment.

Woolfolk also collaborated with artists such as Deniece Williams, Stanley Turrentine, Phil Collins, Twennynine, Philip Bailey, and Level 42.

Woolfolk attended East High School in Denver, Colorado. Within 1972 he joined the band Earth, Wind & Fire as a saxophonist and became a longstanding member.

Woolfolk was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Earth, Wind & Fire in 1999. In 2017, Woolfolk was inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame.

Aside from his work with EW&F, Woolfolk played the saxophone on Valerie Carter’s 1977 album Just a Stone’s Throw Away, Deniece Williams’ 1977 LP Song Bird, Twennynine’s 1979 album Best of Friends, and Stanley Turrentine’s 1981 LP Tender Togetherness.

He later performed on Level 42’s 1983 album Standing in the Light, Philip Bailey’s 1984 Grammy-nominated LP The Wonders of His Love, and Bailey’s 1986 Grammy-winning album Triumph.

Woolfolk passed on at age 71 from natural causes.