Saxophonist
A saxophonist is a musician who plays the saxophone.
The saxophone is perhaps most strongly associated with jazz, but was also featured prominently in early rock and roll and rhythm and blues, in ska, and is used in other musical styles as well.
Famous or notable saxophonists include:
- Pepper Adams
- Julian "Cannonball" Adderley
- Lee Allen
- Marshall Allen
- Gene Ammons
- Albert Ayler
- Gato Barbieri
- Gary Bartz
- Sidney Bechet
- Arthur Blythe
- Earl Bostic
- Charles Brackeen
- Anthony Braxton
- Michael Brecker
- Willem Breuker
- Peter Brötzmann
- Don Byas
- Harry Carney
- Benny Carter
- Daniel Carter
- James Carter (is not Jimmy Carter!)
- James Chance
- William Jefferson Clinton
- Al Cohn
- Ornette Coleman
- John Coltrane
- Ravi Coltrane
- Lol Coxhill
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
- Paul Desmond
- Klaus Doldinger
- Eric Dolphy
- Lou Donaldson
- Candy Dulfer
- Hans Dulfer
- Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis
- Booker Ervin
- Kenny G
- Alfred Gallodoro
- Jan Garbarek
- Stan Getz
- John Gilmore
- Benny Golson
- Paul Gonsalves
- Dexter Gordon
- Wardell Gray
- Eddie Harris
- Coleman Hawkins
- Jimmy Heath
- Julius Hemphill
- Joe Henderson
- Johnny Hodges
- Illinois Jacquet
- Clifford Jordan
- Theodore Kerkezos (external link)
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk
- Lee Konitz
- Dave Koz
- Steve Lacy
- Roger Lewis
- Dave Liebman
- Joe Lovano
- Charlie Mariano
- Branford Marsalis
- Warne Marsh
- Sabir Mateen
- Jackie McLean
- Joe McPhee
- Charles McPherson
- Hank Mobley
- James Moody
- Jemeel Moondoc
- Marcel Mule
- Gerry Mulligan
- David Murray
- National Saxophone Choir of Great Britain (NSC) (external link)
- David "Fathead" Newman
- Charlie "Bird" Parker
- Evan Parker
- Maceo Parker
- Pat Patrick
- Art Pepper
- St. Clair Pinckney
- Sigurd Rascher
- Dewey Redman
- Don Rendell
- Sam Rivers
- Sonny Rollins
- Charlie Rouse
- David Sanborn
- Pharoah Sanders
- Adolphe Sax
- Saxa
- Wayne Shorter
- Zoot Sims
- Sonny Stitt
- Lew Tabackin
- Barbara Thompson
- Frankie "Tram" Trumbauer
- Mark Turner
- Stanley Turrentine
- Ken Vandermark
- Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
- Carlos Ward
- David S. Ware
- Grover Washington
- Ben Webster
- Rudy Wiedoeft
- Phil Woods
- Lester "Prez" Young
- John Zorn
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