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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
- Gary Bartz
- Sidney Bechet
- Anthony Braxton
- Michael Brecker
- Willem Breuker
- Peter Brotzmann
- Don Byas
- Harry Carney
- Benny Carter
- Daniel 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
- Kenny G
- Stan Getz
- Alfred Gallodoro
- Jan Garbarek
- John Gilmore
- Dexter Gordon
- Wardell Gray
- Eddie Harris
- Coleman Hawkins
- Joe Henderson
- Johnny Hodges
- Illinois Jacquet
- Theodore Kerkezos (external link)
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk
- Lee Konitz
- Dave Koz
- Steve Lacy
- Joe Lovano
- Branford Marsalis
- Sabir Mateen
- Jackie McLean
- Joe McPhee
- Hank Mobley
- Jameel Moondoc
- Marcel Mule
- Gerry Mulligan
- National Saxophone Choir of Great Britain (NSC) (external link)
- Charlie "Bird" Parker
- Evan Parker
- Maceo Parker
- Pat Patrick
- Art Pepper
- Sigurd Rascher
- Don Rendell
- Sonny Rollins
- David Sanborn
- Pharoah Sanders
- Adolphe Sax
- Saxa
- Wayne Shorter
- Zoot Sims
- Sonny Stitt
- Barbara Thompson
- Frankie "Tram" Trumbauer
- Mark Turner
- Ken Vandermark
- Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
- David S. Ware
- Grover Washington
- Ben Webster
- Rudy Wiedoeft
- Lester "Prez" Young
- John Zorn
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