List of saxophonists

Here are saxophonists, both solo players as active players in bands listed, even if later, the genre has been changed. If possible are both the dates of birth, the type of the saxophone, as well as the genre are listed here with.

A

  • George Adams ( born April 29, 1940 † 14 November 1992),
  • Pepper Adams ( born October 8, 1930 † 10 September 1986)
  • Cannonball Adderley ( born September 15, 1928 † August 8, 1975 )
  • Eric Alexander (* August 4, 1968 )
  • Lee Allen ( born July 2, 1926 † 18 October 1994)
  • Gene Ammons ( born April 14, 1925 † 23 July 1974)
  • Matthias Anton (1979 )
  • Gilad Atzmon ( born June 9, 1963)
  • Georgie Auld ( born May 19, 1919 † 7 January 1990)
  • Sil Austin (* 1929, † 2001)
  • Albert Ayler ( born July 13, 1936 † November 25, 1970 )

B

  • Gato Barbieri ( born November 28, 1934)
  • Bill Barron ( born March 27, 1927 † September 21, 1989 )
  • Sax Gordon Beadle
  • Sidney Bechet ( born May 14, 1897 † May 14, 1959 )

Detlef Bensmann ( born May 24, 1958 in Berlin, soloist, chamber and orchestral musician )

  • Chu Berry (1910-1941)
  • David "Dave" Binney ( born August 2, 1961)
  • Peter Bolte (1967 )
  • Earl Bostic ( born April 25, 1913 † October 28, 1965 )
  • Michael Brecker ( born March 29, 1949 † 13 January 2007)
  • Rusty Bryant (1929-1991)
  • Sam Butera (1927-2009)
  • Don Byas ( born October 21, 1912 † August 24, 1972 )

C

D

E

F

  • Joe Farrell
  • Hans -Jörg Fischer
  • Jimmy " Night Train " Forrest
  • Bobby Forte
  • Frank Foster
  • Percy France
  • Remy Filipovitch ( b. 1946 )
  • Bud Freeman (1906-1991)
  • Von Freeman

G

B

I, J

K

  • Beat Kappeler ( b. 1970 )
  • Jörg Kaufmann ( b. 1960 )
  • John-Edward Kelly, Alt- Saxophohn, classic ( b. 1958 )
  • Bobby Keys ( born 1943 )
  • Frank Kirchner ( b. 1961 )
  • Rahsaan Roland Kirk (* 1936, † 1977)
  • Niels Klein ( b. 1978 )
  • Lee Konitz (* 1927)
  • Bernd Konrad ( b. 1947 )
  • Dave Koz ( b. 1963 )
  • Dieter Kraus ( b. 1972 )
  • Klaus Eder Cross ( b. 1950 )
  • Olaf Kübler ( b. 1937 )

L

M

N

  • David " Fathead " Newman
  • Lennie Niehaus
  • Sal Nistico
  • Ryo Noda ( b. 1948 )

O

P

Q

R

S

  • Hans Salomon ( born September 10, 1933) (alto saxophone, clarinet, soprano and tenor saxophone)
  • David Sanborn
  • Pharoah Sanders
  • Olaf Schönborn
  • Clifford Scott
  • Tom Scott
  • Al Sears
  • Jürgen Seefeld
  • Christian Segmehl
  • Trygve Seim ( born April 25, 1971)
  • Eddie Shaw
  • Archie Shepp ( born May 24, 1937)
  • Wayne Shorter
  • Nicolas Simion
  • Zoot Sims
  • Hal Singer
  • Alan Skidmore
  • Thorsten Skringer
  • Willie Smith ( born November 25, 1910 † March 7, 1967 )
  • Chris Speed ​​( b. 1967 )
  • Sergey Stepanov
  • Curtis Stigers
  • Sonny Stitt
  • Eustace Strasser

T

U, V

  • Phil Urso ( born October 2, 1925 † 7 April 2008)
  • Marvin Vierling

Van der Linden, Johan

W

  • Bennie Wallace
  • Grover Washington Jr.
  • Paul Wasley
  • Ernest James " Ernie " Watts ( born October 23, 1945)
  • Noble " Thin Man " Watts
  • Sir Waldo Weathers (* March 1, 1950)
  • Steffen Weber (born 4 June 1975)
  • Ben Webster (1909-1973)
  • Richard Wester
  • Rudy Wiedoeft (1893-1940)
  • Don Wilkerson
  • Don Wise ( born March 24, 1942), tenor sax, R & B, Soul
  • Phil Woods
  • Engelbert Wrobel

X, Y

  • Lester Young (1909-1959)

Z

  • John Zorn ( born September 2, 1953)
  • T -Sax B. Z- Man (1960 )
  • Saxophonist
  • List ( instrumentalists )
George Adams (musician) Eric Alexander (jazz saxophonist) Lee Allen (musician) Bill Barron (musician) David Binney James Carter (musician) James Clay (musician) Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Bill Evans (Saxophonist) Jimmy Forrest Frank Foster (musician) Scott Hamilton (musician) Dick Heckstall-Smith Willis Jackson (saxophonist) Charles Lloyd (jazz musician) Jean-Marie Londeix Charlie Parker Chris Potter (jazz saxophonist) Baker Street (song) Tom Scott (musician) Willie Smith (alto saxophonist) Buddy Tate Gary Thomas (musician) Barbara Thompson (musician) Ernie Watts
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