List of saxophonists 2319440 225887947 2008-07-15T21:37:34Z Twsx 1964288 fixing genre capitalization mistakes per [[Wikipedia:MUSTARD#Capitalization|WP:MUSTARD]] -> [[Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(capital_letters)#Musical_genres|MOS:CAPS]] + cleanup. <!-- README README README README README README README Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Table if you're having difficulty understanding the syntax used here. For people that played more than one of the types listed, but _primarily_ played only one, please surround the "X"s of the nonprimaries like so: <small>X</small>. As an example, John Coltrane is listed as playing Soprano, Alto and Tenor, but he most definitely played Tenor the most, so the X's for Soprano & Alto have been surrounded in <small> tags. Let's keep this as a pretty comprehensive list, including the unquestionably great (Coltrane, Parker) with the new guys few have heard of (as long as they actually have recordings [or just mysterious, but widespread fame] out there) - more categorical lists can be made later on. Eventually a little color should be added - alternating shades for rows and columns (just to make the distinction easier) and probably assigning each Genre a color. Possibly color-code Timespans that fall into "the golden age of jazz" from like 1940-1970 or something. Shade groupings for the standards (alto, tenor, baritone), the lows (bass, etc.) and the others. --> Explanation of columns: *[[Sopranino saxophone|s]] = [[Sopranino saxophone|Sopranino]] *[[Soprano saxophone|S]] = [[Soprano saxophone|Soprano]] *[[Alto saxophone|A]] = [[Alto saxophone|Alto]] *[[Tenor saxophone|T]] = [[Tenor saxophone|Tenor]] *[[Baritone saxophone|B]] = [[Baritone saxophone|Baritone]] *[[Bass saxophone|b]] = [[Bass saxophone|Bass]] *[[Contrabass saxophone|c]] = [[Contrabass saxophone|Contrabass]] *[[Subcontrabass saxophone|sc]] = [[Subcontrabass saxophone|Subcontrabass]] (i.e. [[Tubax]]) This page lists all saxophonists. See [[List of jazz saxophonists]] for a list of jazz sax players. Explanation of indicators: *X = instrument has been used by person or group *<small>X</small> = instrument has been used by person or group, but much less often than other X-marked instruments *C = person or group uses a [[C melody saxophone]] (either as primary instrument, or in addition to the normal tenor sax) {| class="sortable" border="1" cellpadding="7" style="margin-top: 1em; text-align: center; border: 1px solid gray; border-collapse: collapse;" |- style="background: #eeeeee;" | Name | Timespan | [[Sopranino saxophone|s]] | [[Soprano saxophone|S]] | [[Alto saxophone|A]] | [[Tenor saxophone|T]] | [[Baritone saxophone|B]] | [[Bass saxophone|b]] | [[Contrabass saxophone|c]] | [[Subcontrabass saxophone|sc]] | [[Music genre|Genre]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Mindi Abair]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1969-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | | | | | [[Smooth jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[George Adams (musician)|George Adams]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1940-1992 | | | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Pepper Adams]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1930-1986 | | | | | X | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Julian "Cannonball" Adderley]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1928-1975 | | <small>X</small> | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Gerald Albright]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1957-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Eric Alexander]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1968-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Lee Allen (musician)|Lee Allen]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1926-1994 | | | | X | | | | | [[Rhythm and Blues|R&B]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Marshall Allen]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1924-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Joey Ambrose]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1934-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | X | | | | | [[Rock music|Rock]] / [[Bebop]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Gene Ammons]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1925-1974 | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Fred Anderson (musician)|Fred Anderson]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1929-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Albert Ayler]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1936-1970 | | | <small>X</small> | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Greg Banaszak]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | | | X | X | | | | | | [[European classical music|Classical]], [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Bernardo Baraj]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1944-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]], [[Folk music|Folk]], [[Tango music|Tango]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Gato Barbieri]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1934-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Phillip Barham]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1957-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | x | X | x | | | | | [[Classical music|Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Charlie Barnet]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1913-1991 | | | | X | | | | | [[Swing]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Gary Bartz]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1940-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Sidney Bechet]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1897-1959 | | X | | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Han Bennink]]<!--Do not delete; although primarily a drummer Bennink does play saxophones -- see http://www.hanbennink.com/biography.htm http://www1.ttcn.ne.jp/~improvised.co/zdiscg_045_atsugi.html http://www.allaboutjazz.com/reviews/r1000_166.htm--> | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1942-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | | C | | | | | [[Free Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Peter Bennink]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | X | <small>X</small> | | | | | [[Free Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Bob Berg]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1951-2002 | | <small>X</small> | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Sean Bergin]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1948-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Jerry Bergonzi]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1947-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | x | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Tim Berne]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1954-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | <small>X</small> | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Leon (Chu) Berry|Leon "Chu" Berry]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1908-1941 | | | <small>X</small> | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Serge Bertocchi]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1961-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | <small>X</small> | X | X | <small>X</small> | X | <small>X</small> | X | | [[Contemporary classical music|Contemporary]] / [[Classical music|Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Gary Bias]] | style="font-family:monospace;" | 1962-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | X | X | | | | | [[Rhythm & Blues|R&B]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Jane Ira Bloom]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1955-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | <small>X</small> | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Hamiet Bluiett]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1940-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | | X | <small>X</small> | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Arthur Blythe]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1940-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | X | X | X | X | | | | | [[Free Jazz]] / [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Earl Bostic]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1913-1965 | | | | | | | | | [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Mwata Bowden]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1947-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | X | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[David Bowie]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1947-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | X | X | X | | | | [[Rock (music)|Rock]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Charles Brackeen]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1940-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | | X | | | | |[[Jazz]] / [[Free Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Anthony Braxton]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1945-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | X+F | C | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Michael Brecker]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1949-2007 | | <small>X</small> | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Willem Breuker]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1944-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | X | X | <small>X</small> | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Nathan Bridges]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1985-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | X | X | <small>X</small> | | | | [[Improv]] / [[Rock music|Rock]] / [[Jazz]] / [[Blues]] / [[Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Nick Brignola]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1936-2002 | | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | | X | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[James Briggs (Jimmy the Robot)]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1978-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Ska]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Peter Brötzmann]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1941-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | <small>X</small> | X | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | | | [[Free jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Marion Brown]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1935-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | | | | | [[Avant-garde jazz|Avant-garde]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Cornelius Bumpus]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1946-2004 | | | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] / [[Rock music|Rock]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Garvin Bushell]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1902-1991 | | | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Don Byas]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1912-1972 | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Sid Caesar]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1922-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Swing]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Ed Calle]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1969-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | x | X | x | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Ronald Caravan]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1946-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | x | X | X | x | | | | | [[Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Harry Carney]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1910-1974 | | | X | | X | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Pete Carney]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1974-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | X | X | X | | | | [[Acid Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Benny Carter]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1907-2003 | | | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Daniel Carter (musician)|Daniel Carter]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1945-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | X | | | | | | [[Free Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[James Carter (musician)|James Carter]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1969-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | X | X | X+F | C | X | X | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Emilio Castillo]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1968-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Soul music|Soul]] / [[Funk]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Serge Chaloff]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1923-1957 | | | | | X | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[James Chance]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1953-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | | | | | [[Improv]] / [[Punk rock|Punk]] / [[Funk]] / [[Free Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Pete Christlieb]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1945-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] / [[Bebop]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Clarence Clemons]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1942-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | | X | X | | | | [[Rock (music)|Rock]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Bill Clinton]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1946-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] / [[Funk]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Arnett Cobb]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1918-1989 | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Jeff Coffin]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1965-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Paul Cohen (saxophonist)|Paul Cohen]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | [[Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Al Cohn]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1925–1988 | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Ornette Coleman]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1930-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | <small>X</small> | | | | | [[Free jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Steve Coleman]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1956-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[John Coltrane]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1926-1967 | | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Ravi Coltrane]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1965-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Lenny Hambro]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1942-1995 | | | X | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | | | | [[Jazz]] / [[Swing]] / [[Bebop]] / [[Mambo (music)|Mambo]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Lol Coxhill]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1932-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | X | X | | X | | | | | [[Free improvising|Free improv]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Sonny Criss]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1927-1977 | | | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Ronnie Cuber]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1941-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | | X | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[King Curtis]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1950-1971 | | X | X | X | | | | | [[Rock & Roll]] / [[Soul music|Soul]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Eddie (Lockjaw) Davis|Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1922-1986 | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Charles DeChant]] | | | X | X | X | <small>X</small> | | | | [[Blue-eyed soul]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Chris Dee]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1963-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | <small></small> | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Daniel Deffayet]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1922-2002 | | X | X | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | | | | [[European classical music|Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Claude Delangle]] | | <small>X</small> | X | X | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | | | [[European classical music|Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Karl Denson]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] / [[Funk]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Paul Desmond]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1924-1977 | | | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Stefano di Battista]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1969-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Klaus Doldinger]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1936-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Eric Dolphy]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1928-1964 | | | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Lou Donaldson]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1926-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | | | | | [[Hard bop]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Jimmy Dorsey]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1904-1957 | | | X | | | | | | [[Big Band]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Paquito D'Rivera]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1948-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | X | <small>X</small> | | | | | [[Latin Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Du Yinjiao]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1965-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | X | X | X | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Steve Duke]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1954-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | X | | | | | | [[Contemporary classical music|Contemporary Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Candy Dulfer]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1969-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | | | | | [[Smooth jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Hans Dulfer]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1940-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Paul Dunmall]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1953-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | | C | | | | | [[Free jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Jay C. Easton]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1975-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | [[European classical music|Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Pee Wee Ellis|Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1941-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Booker Ervin]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1930-1970 | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Ellery Eskelin]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1959-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Bill Evans (saxophonist)|Bill Evans]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1958-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Douglas Ewart]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1946-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | x | | X | | | | | | [[Free jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Wilton Felder]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1940-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] / [[Fusion]] / [[R&B]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Bud Freeman]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1906-1991 | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Chico Freeman]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1949-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Wolfgang Fuchs]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1949-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | X | | | | | | | | [[Free improvising|Free improv]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Sam Furnace]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1954-2004 | | | X | X | X | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Kenny G]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1956-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | | | | | [[Smooth jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Kenny Garrett]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1960-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | X | <small>X</small> | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Alfred Gallodoro]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1913-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]], [[European classical music|Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Jan Garbarek]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1947-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | | X | | x | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Charles Gayle]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1939-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | |<small>X</small> | X |<small>X</small> | | | | [[Free jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Stan Getz]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1927-1991 | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[John Gilmore (musician)|John Gilmore]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1931-1995 | | | | X | <small>X</small> | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Jimmy Giuffre]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1921-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Vinny Golia]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1946-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | X | X | | X | X | X | X | X | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Benny Golson]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1929-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Paul Gonsalves]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1920-1974 | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Kadri Gopalnath]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1950-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | | | | | [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Dexter Gordon]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1923-1990 | | <small>X</small> | | X | | | | | [[Hard bop]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Jean-Michel Goury]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1961-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | [[Contemporary classical music|Contemporary]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Glen Gray]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1906-1963 | | | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Wardell Gray]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1921-1955 | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Johnny Griffin]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1928-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Hard bop]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Adam Grimm]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1978-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | X | <small>X</small> | X | | | | [[European classical music|Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Tom Guralnick]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1951-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | | X | | | | | [[Experimental music|Experimental]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Mats Gustafsson]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1951-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | X | X | X | X | X | | X | | [[Free jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Randall Hall]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | X | X | X | | | | [[Free improv]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Greg Ham]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1953-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Reggae]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Scott Hamilton (musician)|Scott Hamilton]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1954-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[John Handy]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1933-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Otto Hardwick]] | style="font-family:monospace;" | 1904-1970 | | <small>X</small> | X | | <small>X</small> | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[John Harle]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1956-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | X | | | | | | [[European classical music|Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Rufus Harley]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1936-2006 | | <small>X</small> | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Joe Harriott]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1929-1973 | | | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Eddie Harris]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1934-1996 | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Coleman Hawkins]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1904-1969 | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Jimmy Heath]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1926-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[John Helliwell]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1945-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | | | | [[Rock (music)|Rock]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Frederick Hemke|Frederick L. Hemke]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1935-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | X | <small>X</small> | | | | | [[European classical music|Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Julius Hemphill]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1938-1995 | | <small>X</small> | X | <small>X</small> | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Joe Henderson]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1937-2001 | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Woody Herman]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1913-1987 | | X | | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Johnny Hodges]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1906-1970 | | <small>X</small> | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Red Holloway]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1927-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Ron Holloway]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1953-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]], [[R&B]], [[Blues]], [[Funk]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Jim Horn]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 19xx-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | x | X | | | | | [[Blues]] / [[Rock music|Rock]] / [[R&B]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[David Jackson (rock musician)|David Jackson]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1947-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | X | | | | | [[Progressive rock]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Illinois Jacquet]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1922-2004 | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Budd Johnson]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1910-1984 | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Chris "Biggie" Johnson]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1982-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] / [[Punk rock|Punk]] / [[Rock music|Rock]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Plas Johnson]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1931-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Bebop]] / [[R&B]] / [[Blues]] / [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Kidd Jordan|Edward "Kidd" Jordan]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1935-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | C | <small>X</small> | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Clifford Jordan]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1931-1993 | | <small>X</small> | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Louis Jordan]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1908-1975 | | | X | | | | | | [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Ori Kaplan]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1969-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | X | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Bruce Kapler]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1953-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | X | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | | | [[Rock music|Rock]], [[R&B]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Theodore Kerkezos]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Bobby Keys]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1943-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Rock music|Rock]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Daniel Kientzy]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1951-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | [[Contemporary classical music|Contemporary]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Rahsaan Roland Kirk]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1935-1977 | | X | X | X | | | | | [[Free jazz]], [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[John Klemmer]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1946-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Smooth jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Hans Koch]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1948-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | | X | | | | | [[Free jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Lee Konitz]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1927-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Dave Koz]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1963-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | X | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | | | | [[Smooth jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Stephen "Doc" Kupka]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | | | | | | X | | | | [[Funk]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Trent Kynaston]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1946-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | x | X | X | | | | | [[Classical music|Classical]], [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Steve Lacy]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1934-2004 | | X | | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Oliver Lake]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1942-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Harold Land]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1928-2001 | | | | X | | | | | [[Hard bop]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Prince Lasha]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1929-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Yusef Lateef]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1920-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Amy Lee (saxophonist)|Amy Lee]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1963-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | <small>X</small> | X | X | <small>X</small> | X | | | | [[Smooth jazz]], [[Jazz]], [[R&B]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Michael Lewis (musician)|Michael Lewis]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1946-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | X | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Roger Lewis]] | | | | | | | | | | |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Dave Liebman]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1946-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[John Linnell]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1959-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | | X | <small>X</small> | | | [[Pop music|Pop]] / [[Rock music|Rock]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Liu Yuan (musician)|Liu Yuan]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1960-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | | | | [[Jazz]], [[Rock (music)|Rock]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|Charles Lloyd]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1938-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | <small>X</small> | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Jean-Marie Londeix]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1932-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | X | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | | | | [[European classical music|Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Joe Lovano]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1952-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | X+C | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Steve MacKay]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | | | | | X | | | | | [[Punk rock]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Charlie Mariano]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1923-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Lou Marini]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1945-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Branford Marsalis]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1960-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | <small>X</small> | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] / [[Classical music|Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Warne Marsh]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1927-1987 | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Jerry Martini]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1943-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | X | | | | | [[Soul music|Soul]] / [[Funk]] / [[Rock (music)|Rock]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Sabir Mateen]] | | | | | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Bennie Maupin]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1940-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Drew Mazur]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1990-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | X | X | | | | | [[Jazz fusion]] / [[Cool Jazz]] / [[Blues-rock]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Jackie McLean]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1932-2006 | | | X | | | | | | [[Hard bop]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Harold McNair]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1932-1971 | | | <small>X</small> | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Joe McPhee]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1939-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Charles McPherson (musician)|Charles McPherson]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1939-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Patrick Meighan]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | | | | X | | | | | | [[European classical music|Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Pierre-Stéphane Meugé]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1964-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | X | X | X | X | X | X |<small>X</small> | | [[Contemporary classical music|Contemporary]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Charles Miller (musician)|Charles Miller]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1939-1980 | | | X | X | | | | | [[Funk]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Bob Mintzer]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1953-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Roscoe Mitchell]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1940-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Hank Mobley]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1930-1986 | | | | X | | | | | [[Hard bop]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[James Moody]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1925-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Jemeel Moondoc]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1951-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | | | | | [[Free jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Angelo Moore]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1965-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>x</small> | <small>x</small> | <small>x</small> | X | X | | | [[Rock (music)|Rock]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Leroi Moore]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1961-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X<!--Isn't soprano his main instrument?--> | X | X | X | X | | | [[Rock (music)|Rock]], [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Frank Morgan (musician)|Frank Morgan]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1933-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Dick Morrissey]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1940-2000 | | X | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Bob Mover]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1952-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | X | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Marcel Mule]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1901-2001 | | X | X | | | | | | [[European classical music|Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Gerry Mulligan]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1927-1996 | | <small>X</small> | | <small>X</small> | X | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[David Murray (jazz musician)|David Murray]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1955-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Don Myrick]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | c. 1940-1993 | | | X | X | | | | | [[R&B]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[National Saxophone Choir of Great Britian|National Saxophone Choir]] | | | | | | | | | | |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[David Newman (jazz musician)|David "Fathead" Newman]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1933-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | X | <small>X</small> | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Enzo Nini]] | style="font-family: monospace;" |1954-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Steve Norman]] | style="font-family: monospace;" |1960-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | | | | | [[Pop music|Pop]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Chris O'Hara]] | style="font-family: monospace;" |1989-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | X | <small>X</small> | | | | [[Jazz]] / [[Rock music|Rock]] / [[Funk]] / [[Latin music|Latin]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Greg Osby]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1960-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Gerald Oshita]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1942-1992 | | | X | X | X | | | | |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Fausto Papetti]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1923-1999 | | | X | | | | | | [[Smooth Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Walter Parazaider]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1945-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | X | | | | | [[Rock (music)|Rock]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Charlie Parker|Charlie "Bird" Parker]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1920-1955 | | | X | <small>X</small> | | | | | [[Bebop]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Evan Parker]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1944-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | | X | | | | | [[Free jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Maceo Parker]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1943-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | X | | | | | [[Rhythm and blues]] / [[Funk]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[JD Parran]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | | | X | | X | X | X | | | [[Free jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Pat Patrick]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1929-1991 | | | | | X | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Kirk Pengilly]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1958-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | | | | | | [[Rock (music)|Rock]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Art Pepper]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1925-1982 | | | X | <small>X</small> | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Jim Pepper]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1941-1992 | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Joseph "Flip" Phillips]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1915-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Lenny Pickett]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1954-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Rhythm and blues]] / [[funk]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Dave Pietro]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | | | X | X | C | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[St. Clair Pinckney]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1930-1999 | | | | X | X | | | | [[Funk]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Courtney Pine]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1980-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | | X | <small>X</small> | | | | [[Jazz]] / [[Jazz fusion]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Harvey Pittel]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1943-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | X | | | | | [[European classical music|Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Dan Plonsey]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1958-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | X | C | X | | | | [[Free jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Rudy Pompilli]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1926-1976 | | | | X | | | | | [[Rock & Roll]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Chris Potter (jazz saxophonist)|Chris Potter]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1971-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Ike Quebec]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1918-1963 | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Kenneth Radnofsky]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1953-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | x | X | | | | | | [[European classical music|Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Boyd Raeburn]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1913-1966 | | | | | | X | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Bhob Rainey]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1972-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | | | | | | | [[Free improv]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Boots Randolph]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1927-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Rock & Roll]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Sigurd Raschèr]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1907-2001 | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | X | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | X | X | | [[European classical music|Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Danny Ray]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1951-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Rock (music)|Rock]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Dewey Redman]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1931-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Free jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Joshua Redman]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1969-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Alto Reed]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |x | x | X | X | X |X | | | [[Rock & Roll / R&B / Blues/Jazz / Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Don Rendell]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1926-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Trent Reznor]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1965-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | | | | | | [[Rock (music)|Rock]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Jerome Richardson]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1920-2000 | | | x | X | x | | | | [[Jazz]] / [[Big Band]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Sam Rivers]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1923-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Pat Rizzo]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1943-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | X | | | | | [[Soul music|Soul]] / [[Funk]] / [[Rock (music)|Rock]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Matana Roberts]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | | | | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Roy Robertson]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | | | X | X | C | X | X | X | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Adrian Rollini]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1904-1956 | | | | | | X | | | [[Swing (genre)|Swing]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Sonny Rollins]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1930-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Ned Rothenberg]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1956-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | | | | | [[Free improv]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Zack Roudebush]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1990-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | | | | | [[European classical music|Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Eugene Rousseau (saxophonist)|Eugene Rousseau]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1932-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | X | | | | | | [[European classical music|Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Charlie Rouse]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1924-1988 | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Brian Sacawa]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1977-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | X | X | X | | | | [[European classical music|Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Miranda Sachetta (musician)|Miranda Sachetta]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1991-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Dominic Saldhana]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1926-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]], [[Pop music|Pop]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[John Sampen]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1949-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | | | | | [[European classical music|Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[David Sanborn]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1945-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | X | | | | | | [[Smooth jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Pharoah Sanders]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1940-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | <small>X</small> | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Adolphe Sax]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1814-1894 | <small>X</small> | X | X | X | X | <small>X</small> | | | [[European classical music|Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Tom Scott (musician)|Tom Scott]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1948-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | X | X | X | | | | [[Jazz fusion]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Louis Sclavis]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1953-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | | | X | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Bud Shank]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1926-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Elliott Sharp]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1951-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | | | | | [[Experimental music|Experimental]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Andy Sheppard]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1957-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Archie Shepp]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1937-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Wayne Shorter]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1933-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | <small>X</small> | X | <small>X</small> | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Sonny Simmons]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1933-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Zoot Sims]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1925-1985 | | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Donald Sinta]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1937-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | | | | | [[European classical music|Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Willie Smith (alto saxophonist)|Willie Smith]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1910-1967 | | | X | | | | | | [[Swing (genre)|Swing]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Chris Speed]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1967-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Herbie Steward]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1926-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Sonny Stitt]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1924-1982 | | | X | X | <small>X</small> | | | | [[Bebop]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Vernon Story]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1922-2007 | | | | X | | | | | [[Bebop]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Nobuya Sugawa]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | | | X | X | | | | | | [[European classical music|Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Taimur Sullivan]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1970-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | [[European classical music|Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[John Surman]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1944-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | | | X | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Lew Tabackin]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1940-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Yasuyuki "Yaz" Takagi]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Evan Tate]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1961-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Sam Taylor (jazz)|Sam "the Man" Taylor]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1916-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | X | | | | | | [[Jazz, R&B, Pop]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[John Tchicai]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1936-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Oluyemi Thomas]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | | | X | | C | | | | | [[Free jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Pete Thomas (saxophonist)|Pete Thomas]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | [[Rock music|Rock]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Barbara Thompson]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1944-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Lee Jay Thompson]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1957-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | <small>X</small> | X | <small>X</small> | | | | [[Ska]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Lucky Thompson]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1924-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Dave Tofani]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 19??-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | x | x | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Frankie Trumbauer|Frankie "Tram" Trumbauer]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1901-1956 | | | | C | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Kenneth Tse (saxophonist)|Kenneth Tse]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1972-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | X | | | | | | [[European classical music|Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Mark Turner (musician)|Mark Turner]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1965-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Stanley Turrentine]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1934-2000 | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Kazutoki Umezu]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1949-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | X | | | | | | [[Free jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Ken Vandermark]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1964-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Charlie Ventura]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1916-1992 | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Eddie Vinson]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1917-1988 | | | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Mark Walton]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1957-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | X | X | <small>X</small> | | | | [[European classical music|Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Carlos Ward]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1940-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | <small>X</small> | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[David S. Ware]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1949-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | <small>X</small> | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Grover Washington, Jr.]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1943-1999 | | X | X | X | x | | | | [[Smooth Jazz]] / [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Bobby Watson]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1953-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Ernie Watts]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1945-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | X | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] / [[Fusion]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Noble "Thin Man" Watts]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1926-2004 | | | | X | | | | | [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Ben Webster]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1909-1973 | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- |style="text-align: left;" | [[Paul Wehage]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1963-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | X | X | | | | | [[European classical music|Classical]] |- |style="text-align: left;" | [[Marcus Weiss]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1961-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | [[Contemporary classical music|Contemporary]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Frank Wess]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1922-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Kirk Whalum]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1958-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | | X | | | | | [[Jazz fusion]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Andrew White (saxophonist)|Andrew White]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1942-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Chris White (saxophonist)|Chris White]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1955-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | X | X | X | | | | [[Jazz]], [[Rock music|Rock]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Rudy Wiedoeft]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1893-1940 | | | X | C | | | | | [[European classical music|Classical]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Barney Wilen]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1937-1996 | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Pamela Williams]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | | | | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Steve Wilson]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1961-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | X | | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Paul Winter]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1939-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | x | | | | | | [[Jazz]], [[World music]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Francis Wong]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | | | X | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Phil Woods]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1931-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | <small>X</small> | X | | | | | |[[Bebop]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Chris Wood (rock musician)|Chris Wood]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1944-1983 | | X | X | X | X | | | |[[Rock music|Rock]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Andrew Woolfolk]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1951-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | X | X | X | | | | |[[R&B]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Lester Young|Lester "Prez" Young]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1909-1959 | | | | X | | | | | [[Jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[John Zorn]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1953-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | X | | | | | | [[Free jazz]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | [[Anne Zwaga]] | style="font-family: monospace;" | 1960-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | | | <small>X</small> | X | | | | |[[Bebop]] |- style="background: #eeeeee;" | Name | Timespan | [[Sopranino saxophone|s]] | [[Soprano saxophone|S]] | [[Alto saxophone|A]] | [[Tenor saxophone|T]] | [[Baritone saxophone|B]] | [[Bass saxophone|b]] | [[Contrabass saxophone|c]] | [[Subcontrabass saxophone|sc]] | [[Music genre|Genre]] |} ==[[Fiction]]al saxophonists== * Ribz, from ''[[Fishnet Parachutes]]'' * Bear, from ''[[The Bear Comes Home]]'' * Blue from the [[M&M's]] * [[Bleeding Gums Murphy]] from ''The Simpsons'' * Dale Turner from ''[[Round Midnight (film)|Round Midnight]]'' (played by [[Dexter Gordon]]) * Phoebe Terese from ''[[The Magic School Bus]]'' * [[Lisa Simpson]] from ''The Simpsons'' * [[McClintic Sphere]] * [[Sesame Street]]Hoots the Owl, from ''Sesame Street'' * [[Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem|Zoot]] from ''The Muppet Show'' * [[Trigun characters#Midvalley the Hornfreak|Midvalley the Hornfreak]] from ''[[Trigun]]'' * [[Tiny Kong]] from ''Donkey Kong 64'' * Eddie from ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' * Sunny Bridges from ''[[Class of 3000]]'' * [[Sue Ellen Armstrong]] from ''Arthur'' * [[Shirley the Medium]] from ''Courage the Cowardly Dog'' [[Category:Saxophonists|Saxophonists]] [[Category:Lists of musicians by instrument|Saxophone]] [[de:Liste von Saxophonisten]] [[fr:Saxophoniste]] [[hr:Popis saksofonista]] [[it:Lista di sassofonisti]] [[lb:Lëscht vun de Saxophonisten]] [[nl:Lijst van bekende saxofonisten]] [[pt:Anexo:Lista de saxofonistas]] [[sl:Seznam saksofonistov]]