List of jazz saxophonists
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A:
- Pepper Adams (baritone)
- Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (1928-1975), (alto)
- Ahmad Alaadeen - Alaadeen.com (born 1934), (soprano, tenor)
- Eric Alexander (born 1968), (tenor)
- Gene "Jug" Ammons (1925-1974), (tenor)
- Gilad Atzmon
- Albert Ayler, (1936-1970), (alto, tenor)
B:
- Carolyn Breuer
- Charlie Barnet
- Sidney Bechet, (1897-1959), (soprano)
- Chu Berry (tenor)
- Anthony Braxton (all saxophones & other instruments)
- Michael Brecker (tenor)
- Peter Brötzmann (alto, tenor, bass)
- Wes Burden (soprano, alto)
- Chris Burnett- BurnettMusic.com (born 1955), (soprano, alto)
- Don Byas (tenor)
C:
- Kris Campos (tenor)
- Paulo Carcamo (tenor, guitar)
- Harry Carney (baritone)
- James Carter (all saxes - from soprano to bass)
- Luciano Caruso (soprano)
- Jeff Coffin (born 1965) (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, & other woodwinds)
- Al Cohn (tenor)
- Ornette Coleman, (born 1930), (alto)
- Steve Coleman (alto)
- John Coltrane, (1926-1967), (tenor, soprano, alto, flute, clarinet)
- Gerard Cornielje, (born 1962), (alto, tenor)
D:
- William H. Daniels V (alto)
- Paul Desmond, (1924-1977), (alto)
- Eric Dolphy, (1928-1964), (alto, flute, clarinet)
- Paquito D'Rivera, (alto)
- Candy Dulfer (alto)
- Hans Dulfer (tenor)
E:
- Richard Elliot (tenor)
- Kent Englehardt (alto)
- Booker Ervin (tenor)
F:
- Bud Freeman (tenor)
G:
- Jan Garbarek (tenor, soprano)
- Kenny Garrett (alto, soprano)
- Stan Getz, (1927-1991), (tenor)
- Dexter Gordon, (1923-1990), (tenor)
- Rocky Gordon (saxello, alto)
- Lars Gullin (1928-1976) (baritone)
H:
- Scott Hamilton, (1954- ), (tenor)
- John Handy, (1933- ), (alto)
- Coleman Hawkins, (1904-1969), (tenor)
- Johnny Hodges, (1906-1970), (alto)
- George Howard, (1956-1998), (soprono, tenor)
- Richard C. Howell, (tenor, soprano, alto, baritone)
I & J:
- Illinois Jacquet (tenor)
- Boney James (tenor, alto, soprano)
- Louis Jordan, (1908-1975), (alto)
K:
- Tom Keenlyside, all saxes and jazz flute
- Peter King (alto, tenor)
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk, (1935-1977), (all saxes - including some of his own creation)
- Eric Kloss, (1949- ), (alto)
- Dave Koz (alto, soprano, tenor, baritone)
- Sigurd Køhn (1959-2004), (alto)
L:
- Amy Lee (soprano & alto)
- David Liebman (soprano & tenor)
- Erica Lindsay - EricaLindsay.com (born 1955), (soprano & tenor)
- Carlos Lopez (tenor, alto, soprano)
- Joe Lovano (tenor)
M:
- Fred MacMurray
- Hal McKusick, (born 1924), (alto & clarinet)
- Branford Marsalis, (born 1960), (tenor, soprano)
- Didier Malherbe
- Jackie McLean (alto)
- Bob Mintzer (tenor)
- Dennis Mitcheltree, (born 1964), (tenor, soprano)
- Hank Mobley (tenor)
- Dick Morrissey, (1940-2000), (tenor, soprano)
- Gerry Mulligan (1927-1996), (baritone)
- Mike Murley (tenor, soprano)
- David Murray, (born 1955)
N, O & P:
- Tineke Postma, (1978-), (alto and soprano)
- David "Fathead" Newman, (1933-), (tenor)
- Charlie Parker, (1920-1955), (alto)
- Evan Parker (alto, soprano, tenor)
- Maceo Parker, (born 1943), (alto)
- Art Pepper (alto)
- Russell Procope, (1908–1981), (alto)
- Courtney Pine (soprano, tenor)
Q:
R:
- Boyd Raeburn (bass)
- Joshua Redman - JoshuaRedman.com (alto, soprano, tenor)
- Fritz Renold (1960-) (alto)
- Chris Rotchester
- Adrian Rollini (bass, baritone)
- Sonny Rollins, (born 1930), (tenor)
S:
- David Sanborn (alto)
- Wayne Shorter (tenor, soprano)
- Zoot Sims, (1925-1985), (tenor)
- Timothy Solichin, (born 1990), (alto)
- Sonny Stitt (alto, tenor)
- John Surman (baritone)
- Toni Suwandi
- Dominic Saldhana (tenor)
T, U & V:
- Buddy Tate (tenor)
- John Tchicai (alto)
- Lucky Thompson (tenor, soprano)
- Mark Turner (tenor)
- Stanley Turrentine (tenor)
W:
- David S. Ware
- Grover Washington, Jr., (1943-1999), (tenor)
- Ben Webster (tenor)
- Juli Wood (tenor)
- Phil Woods - PhilWoods.com (alto)
- Frank Wess (tenor)
X, Y & Z:
- Lester Young, (born 1909), (tenor)
- John Zorn (born 1953, alto)
