Saxophonists

Section Editor: Chris Krusz

Jazz saxophonists wail on a variety of saxophones: Tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone or baritone saxophone) in Jazz and its sub-genres. The techniques and instrumentation of this type of performance have evolved over the 20th century, influenced by both movements of influential sax players who helped reshape and create the sub-genres of the music.

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Mindi Abair	Greg Abate	George Adams	Pepper Adams
Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderley	Ahmad Alaadeen	Gerald Albright	Eric Alexander
Harry Allen	Pete Allen	Gene Ammons	Fred Anderson
Peter Apfelbaum	Julian Arguelles	Harold Ashby	Gilad Atzmon
George Auld	Albert Ayler

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Buster Bailey	Iain Ballamy	Gabe Baltazar	Gato Barbieri
Eddie Barefield	Dale Barlow	Alan Barnes	John Barnes
Robert "Bootsie" Barnes
Polo Barnes	Charlie Barnet	Anthony Bauer	Andrew Beals
Walter Beasley	Heinie Beau	Sidney Bechet	Noah Becker
Albert Beger	Bob Belden	Al Belleto	Tex Beneke
Daniel Bennett	Ivy Benson	Bob Berg	Jerry Bergonzi
Tim Berne	Chu Berry	Barney Bigard	Adam Bishop
David Binney	Chris Biscoe	Alfonzo Blackwell	Jane Ira Bloom
Hamiet Bluiett	Arthur Blythe	Graham Bond	Earl Bostic
Charles Brackeen	Don Braden	Alain Bradette	Anthony Braxton
Michael Brecker	Carolyn Breuer	Willem Breuker	Nick Brignola
Gordon Brisker	Anna Brooks	Tina Brooks	Peter Brötzmann
Ari Brown	Boyce Brown	Marion Brown	Pete Brown
Tore Brunborg	Rusty Bryant	Alex Budman	Chris Burnett
Jane Bunnett	John Butcher	Sam Butera	Don Byas

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Harry Carney	Scoops Carry	Benny Carter	James Carter
Luciano Caruso	Fabrizio Cassol	Serge Chaloff	Chris Cheek
Pete Christlieb	Alex Churchill	Jeff Clayton	Arnett Cobb
Tony Coe	Jeff Coffin	Anat Cohavi	Anat Cohen
Steve Cole	Ad Colen	George Coleman	Ornette Coleman
Steve Coleman	Al Cohn	Richie Cole	Buddy Collette
John Coltrane	Ravi Coltrane	Randolph Colville
Junior Cook	Bob Cooper	Lindsay Cooper	Lol Coxhill
Hank Crawford	Ray Crawford	Sonny Criss	Audrey Cupples
King Curtis

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Paquito D'Rivera	Eddie Daniels	John Dankworth	Alban Darche
Joe Darensbourg	Julian Dash	Kenny Davern	Angela Davis
Lem Davis	Nathan Davis	Elton Dean	Eli Degibri
Arthur "Artie" DeMello	Paul Desmond	Aiden Dempsey
Johnny Dodds	Klaus Doldinger	Eric Dolphy	Arne Domnerus
Jerome Don Pasquall	Sam Donahue	Adam Donahue	Lou Donaldson
Jimmy Dorsey	Bob Downes	Gerd Dudek	Candy Dulfer
Hans Dulfer	Paul Dunmall

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Allen Eager	Bill Easley	Teddy Edwards	Richard Elliot
Booker Ervin	Ellery Eskelin	Bill Evans	Herschel Evans

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Al Falaschi	Alon Farber	Joe Farrell	Wally Fawkes
Buddy Featherstonhaugh	Wilton Felder	Dale Fielder	Ricky Ford
Jimmy Forrest	Sonny Fortune	Al Foster	Alex Foster
Frank Foster	Charlie Fowlkes	Bob Franceschini	Andrew Frankhouse
Bud Freeman	Chico Freeman	Von Freeman

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Anthony Paul Gairo	Brent Gallaher	Al Gallodoro	Jim Galloway
Jan Garbarek	Lou Gare	Joe Garland	Tim Garland
Kenny Garrett	Charles Gayle	Herb Geller	Stan Getz
Sal Giorgianni	Jimmy Giuffre	Victor Goines	Harry Gold
John Gilmore	Benny Golson	Paul Gonsalves	Scheila Gonzalez
Benny Goodman	Dexter Gordon	Kenny G	Bill Graham
Wardell Gray	Bunky Green	Johnny Griffin	Euge Groove
Steve Grossman	Gigi Gryce	Peter Guidi	Lars Gullin
Tommy Gwaltney

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Alec Haavic	Scott Hamilton	Alex Hon	John Handy
Everette Harp	Billy Harper	Joe Harriott	Eddie Harris
Donald Harrison	Antonio Hart	Alfred Harth	Coleman Hawkins
Tubby Hayes	Jimmy Heath	Julius Hemphill	Aaron Henerstrom
Joe Henderson	Ernie Henry	Woody Herman	Vincent Herring
Warren Hill	Nigel Hitchcock	Johnny Hodges	Bendik Hofseth
Ron Holloway	Charlie Holmes	Paul Horn	Lars Horntveth
Steve Houben	George Howard	Derek Humble

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I[]

John Pål Inderberg	Aaron Irwin

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J[]

Illinois Jacquet	Alex Jackson	Boney James	Joseph Jarman
Hilton Jefferson	John Jenkins	Jessy J	Bill Johnson
Budd Johnson	Louis Jordan	Edward "Kidd" Jordan	Jackiem Joyner

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Richie Kamuca	Jeff Kashiwa	Tom Keenlyside	Gary Keller
Robin Kenyatta	Peter King	Rosa King	John Klemmer
Eric Kloss	Kaori Kobayashi	Sigurd Køhn	Lee Konitz
Håkon Kornstad	Kadota "Jaw" Kouske	Dave Koz	Bjørn Kruse
Fela Kuti

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Pat LaBarbera	Steve Lacy	Harold Land	Adam Larson
Prince Lasha	Yusef Lateef	Azar Lawrence	Ronnie Laws
Amy Lee	David Liebman	Erica Lindsay	Fred Lipsius
Zachary Lipton	Charles Lloyd	Mornington Lockett	Eddie Lockjaw Davis
Preston Love	Jessica Lurie	Arun Luthra	Jimmy Lyons
Joe Lovano	Geir Lysne

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M[]

Clint Maedgen	Rudresh Mahanthappa	Joe Maini	Didier Malherbe
Al Maniscalco	Steve "The Count" Marcus	Charlie Mariano	Eric Marienthal
"Blue" Lou Marini	Branford Marsalis	Warne Marsh	Alex Mathias
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre	Andy McGhee	Hal McKusick	Jackie McLean
Chip McNeill	Charles McPherson	Marion Meadows	Gil Mellé
Adam Melville	Bob Mintzer	Roscoe Mitchell	Hank Mobley
James Moody	Frank Morgan	Dick Morrissey	Gerry Mulligan
Mike Murley	David Murray	Henry 'Boots' Mussulli

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Najee	Ami Nakazono	Zbigniew Namysłowski	Ted Nash
Andrew Neff	Oliver Nelson	Andrew Neu	David "Fathead" Newman
Lennie Niehaus	Adam Niewood	Sal Nistico

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O[]

Dick Oatts	Mike Osborne	Greg Osby

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P[]

Walter Parazaider	Charlie Parker	Evan Parker	Leo Parker
Maceo Parker	Michael J. Parlett	Derek Pascoe	George Paxton
Cecil Payne	Art Pepper	Bill Perkins	Eric Person
Houston Person	Flip Phillips	Courtney Pine	Bobby Plater
Pony Poindexter	Odeon Pope	Art PorterJr.	Chris Potter
Perez Prado	Noah Preminger	Russell Procope	Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski
Dudu Pukwana

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Q[]

Ike Quebec

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R[]

Boyd Raeburn	Rama IX	Bill Ramsay	Boots Randolph
Nelson Rangell	Andrew Rathbun	Sonny Red	Dewey Redman
Don Redman	Joshua Redman	Fritz Renold	Jerome Richardson
Jim Riggs	Sam Rivers	Dana Robbins	Scott Robinson
Spike Robinson	Bob Rockwell	Anibal Rojas	Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Adrian Rollini	Sonny Rollins	Bernt Rosengren	Ronnie Ross
Ada Rovatti	Marshall Royal	Jeff Rupert

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Alain Samba	Edgar Sampson	David Sanborn	David Sanchez
Pharoah Sanders	Mario Schiano	Anton Schwartz	Ronnie Scott
Tom Scott	Al Seg	Karl Seglem	Bud Shank
Paul Shapiro	Aram Shelton	Archie Shepp	Andy Sheppard
Wayne Shorter	Sonny Simmons	Zoot Sims	Alan Skidmore
Steve Slagle	Ben Smith	Bill Smith	Buster Smith
Mike Smith	Tab Smith	Tommy Smith	Gary Smulyan
Jim Snidero	Allana Southernland	James Spaulding	Hal Stein
Sonny Stitt	Vernon Story	Frank Strozier	Andy Sugg
John Surman	Anders Svanoe

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Richard Tabnik	Buddy Tate	Paul Taylor	John Tchicai
Joe Temperley	Art Themen	Gary Thomas	Lucky Thompson
Aldevis Tibaldi	Cliff Townshend	Mark Turner	Stanley Turrentine

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Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson	Carlos Vega	Andrea Ventriglia

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W[]

David S. Ware	Earle Warren	Grover Washington Jr.	Sadao Watanabe
Bobby Watson	Ernie Watts	Trevor Watts	Ben Webster
Don Weller	Bobby Wellins	Frank Wess	Kirk Whalum
Barney Wilen	Mars Williams	Pamela Williams	Steve Williamson
Glenn Wilson	Steve Wilson	Juli Wood	Phil Woods
Leo Wright

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Y[]

Pete Yellin	Lester Young

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Z[]

Daniel Zamir	Miguel Zenón	John Zorn

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