Famous Saxophone Players

[absha07]

you forgot ACE CANNON!!

[Electron1102]

Where are all the women?? D: lol thats not fair...

[bantomate4]

Cornelius Bumpus



[MrNoOscar]

America has given us a lot of great jazz musicians. But with all respect, I think there are a couple of famous and great saxophone players outside USA as well. I want to mention the one that always goes his own way, from Norway in Europe – JAN GARBAREK.

[MrNoOscar]

I agree, a lot of famous American saxophone players on this list. But there will always be someone missing,,, like Art Porter, this great alto saxophone player who died too early. He didn't get older than Charlie Parker. Then we have the master of rhythm – Maceo Parker, and the mentor of David Sanborn – Hank Crawford. At last I want to mention the one that I’m listing to these days – the master of ballads – Scott Hamilton.

[saxmanab10]

where's Paul Taylor and Gerald Albright??

[AtariAndre42]

Where is Candy Dulfer ?

[NFL4life95]

WHERE IS DAVE KOZ??

[tracama1]

donde esta nelson rangel y candy dulfher ellos son de esta epoca son los nuevos y tambien deben darles merito esta tambien saori yano saxofonista japonesa muy joven y muy talentosa

[tracama1]

donde esta  nelson rangel

[23saxophone]

Where is kaori kobayashi. R u just nameing men over women!!

[stuballs42]

You missed perhaps the greatest of all time "Al Gallodoro",played into his late 90's every weekend in a small club in New York. Played with all the notable big bands,and always played lead alto sax,as well as clarinet,and base sax!!

Check out his web page ,as well as his cds!!!! Has the record for playing the lead clarinet solo for the song "Rahpsody in Blue" of all time,10,000 times!!!!!ya that's ten thousand times.....

[chriss1152]

All the masters of the saxophone

[CBariSaxM]

the great james moody isn't on here either...

[DeeDAsian]

is it just me...or did they name john coltrane charles parker?

[davidrussellmusic]

Dave. friggin. Koz. 

[Solo1DiosTerenal]

Warren Hill? Paquito d'rivera? Bill Clinton? Donald Hayes?

[BeastManJames]

Where is Maceo Parker?!

[papageorgiot]

Yeah Tia Fuller is a great female alto player

And how how about Sam Rivers!

[funtimefriendss]

What's usually more jazzy tenor or alto??

[HamsterGuroGirl]

I hope to be on this list one day, I play alto sax and I am in first chair in my band class I have been playing for a year and a half, and I'm loving it!

[RichardZempel]

If you're a tenor player, check out Don Wise with the Delbert McClinton Band on songs like "Maybe Someday Baby" and "(Standin' on) Shakey Ground" - others who have influenced me are Lee Allen, Bobby Keys, Boots Randolf, Charlie Barnett, Wayne Shorter, Gato Barbieri, Gerry Mulligan, Paul Desmond,Tower of Power, Grover Washington, somebody stop me.....

[terrancedujour]

james carter is great to

[AlexlloydSAX]

Houston Person?? Boney James??Candy Dulfer??Gerald Albright??Choker Campbell?? forgotten quite a few awesome players here.....

[tbierer]

This should be listed as male saxophonist's. Not a single female listed. Too bad there are a lot of great female artists that could be highlighted here.

[RatonAgucho]

Y Petinato?

[blac2thafuture]

wow , i never heard of some of these cats , but im gonna go back and check them ...thanks

[CootPrankCalls]

YOU MUST ADD SERGEY STEPANOV!

[tfprowl15]

Where's Kenny g

[vinaxial]

and Kenny G ???

[yamataiorg]

The creator of this vid has got a screw loose, regardless of anyones opinion of Kenny G, everybody has heard of him, which would make him famous.

No Kenny G, but a buffoon named Nat Simkins??? Nat Simkins is a complete joke!

[ShrCanIt]

where Serge Chaloff???

[MiyazakiYoshi7]

Is there any left handed saxophone? Because Mulligan played it left handed style in the picture. Or was the picture just mirrored?

[ctheron74]

is it me or is Mulligan got his right hand playing the upper stack at 2:03??

[petrius666petrius]

Charlie Parker and Cannonball Adderley!



[XicoFlavio]

E o Zoot Sims ? E o Lucky Thompson ?

Nenhuma lista é perfeita.

xf - Rio de Janeiro

Where's Zoot Sims ? And Lucky Thompson ?

Nobody does a perfect list.

xf - Rio de Janeiro

[harpcyclone]

Louis Jordan?

[MyUsernameForReal]

Where's "Hot Wee Wee" Jefferson? Man, when he was playin, both pipes was on fire

[RoGuExXxAsSaSiN]

Where's Paquito D'Rivera? He's the most famous latin saxophonist I believe

[wftpmt]

Please add the great Chicago Jazz tenor stylist Lawrence "Bud" Freeman

[AChoiredTaste]

Wayne Wayne is the king of Sax (and flute too)!

catch him at youtube and use achoiredtaste space Politician. He's great!

[jbamado07]

You may not be familiar with the Great Peruvian saxophone player "Julio Mori" he is in realm of his own. Look him up folks a good song to start with is "claro de luna" Let me know how you like it . Cheers!

[harpcyclone]

@jbamado07 He's a real good player! Thanks.

[gsco82]

What about Dave Liebman?

[playbeautiful9]

OMG it's ALBERT AYLER not albert tyler man!

[ABrandsma]

Oh yes, ........ in a certain way,....... the most important sax player of all times for all saxophonists... Adolphe Sax himself!

People tend to forget that he was an excellent musician himself, allready playing a 3 octave range long before other saxophonists like Sigurd Rasher started thinking about top-tones.

[ordascs]

@ABrandsma You're right, another greats are missing, e.g. Sam Butera (tenor) Joe 'Allnitelong' Houston (honking tenor) and Boots Randolphe (tenor) Big Jay McNeely (tenor), Louis Jordan (alto), etc, etc.

[ABrandsma]

A few of the older greats are missing, like Harry Carney (baritone), Adrian Rollini (bass), Trumbauer (C-Melody). In reality they have been more influential compared to several of the newer names in this list, but otherwise nice collection!

[heavytenor]

Eddie"lockjaw"Davis?????????

[jazzyjake99]

just was about to say that

[Forum15891]

ummmm leroi moore ur missing a very vital person

[Culdushu]

hey there are some very good romanian saxophonists too, like gigi tabacaru, ion buschit, doru taranu, godici, and the legend, nicu anghel "ministeru"

[ibanezgr]

What's the saxophone song that goes like this....

Naa nana, naaa nana........ naa nana, naaa nana...... naa nanananana.... na na na na na na na na... and so the same again. It's played in the intro of 2010 Winter Olympics.

[francisalec]

akon? XD

[ibanezgr]

No it was carless whisper..... I can't believe it was so hard to find the song. Spent days....

[GETTINGYOUNGERONE]

I've never hear this Parker solo before - I've only got a cut down version. Can anyone let me know if its still available to purchase. Thanks.

[SFGshirtless]

that first solo was sick

[billman2121]

i love how kenny g isnt on there

[MrBleachrockz]

@billman2121 he is, kenny garret

[xXSax2011Xx]

@billman2121

i love how nobody cares



[iitjava]

@billman2121 kenny garrett is there u fool!!

[bb62g]

@billman2121 is kenny g's main weapon a sax??

[has123456]

@billman2121 - kkkkkkkkkk Richard Clayderman on sax!

[MisterDanger01]

@billman2121 2:59 bro

[999Tornado]

michael brecker???

[samfreemanwatford]

Don't forget Steve Marcus

[number1saxophone]

More like "night In Amnesia". Hey "nosechairballwetfart", who are all these old dudes? They play in a very outdated style. Get over it, people.

Check out any of my vids for a lesson in MODERN jazz.

[GETTINGYOUNGERONE]

@number1saxophone Yes, but I bet you could never play that Charlie Parker solo!

[number1saxophone]

That's probably true "GETTINGORANGER". In fact, I don't even know which one he is.

I purposely don't listen to other musicians. Neither do the othe players in my band. We don't want any outside forces to influence our approach. That's why all of our videos are completely original sounding.

[GETTINGYOUNGERONE]

He's the guy playing that beautiful sax solo in Night in Tunisia. (the featured piece) Do take the time to listen to it. Just listening means you can appreciate it and not be influenced by it. Yes I agree you need to develop your own style. I will listen to you when I have the time and comment

[number1saxophone]

I listened to the solo and now I'm starting to think I should have practiced more before putting videos on youtube. Maybe I DO need to start listening to other players.

Give me a few weeks to post some new vids before you visit my page. I've got some work to do.

[GETTINGYOUNGERONE]

I play sax also and listening to the "old masters" helped me to appreciate what a powerful instrument the sax is, that no one sax is the same, and helped me to "find" the sound I'm happy with. However, I'm still struggling with what my mind tells me I want to play, and what I'm capable of. Lots more practice for me too.

[mariachi0681]

For me are missing 4 great players, James Carter, Brandon Fields, Marc Ruso and Gary Mick. This four guys are excellent players and can't be out of this list.

[musicmanson]

Where are James Carter and Benny Golson?

[musicmanson]

The picture of Eric Dolphy has him with a bass clarinet...

[DoogBoy123456]

I LOVE playing alto saxophone in my 6th grade band class. It's AWESOME!

[pirrostsakas]

Steve Tavaglione ?

[Pateretfilius]

wheres al calbilk da sax what a player

[BAUT30]

WHERE AM I? IM PRO ALTO SAX PLAYER FOOL

[tenorhase]

Again, where is James Carter?He is the

most creative Saxplayer I have ever.

[Arkerovich]

Great video, but where is James Carter ?

[sanblem]

Aggiungerei anche Jerry Bergonzi,Jimmy Heat,George Coleman.

[ADDIElilqueenie]

Where's Don Lanphere?.. he played with Bird all the time and is on the Apartment tapes here on Youtube> He was in Woody Herman's band among others

[bjazzer795]

what about lou donaldson

[gerrysaxman1]

whats up!!!!! is there no great women saxophonists ,, take this shit of and do it right!!!!!!!!!!!!

[manweller1]

Good point there are some great women players out there.

[SMTTBF]

Gerry, you might do him a favor and list a few. Maybe get him started on his next project.

[gerrysaxman1]

il start him of with candy dulfer!! but he'll have to look the rest up himself as i dont want to spoil him!!!!!! he will have lots of fun looking them up anyway. ps check out saori yano...... bye bye

[dreper1976]

james carter and gerald albright

[tmyers08]

No James Carter eh? shame... :(

[temporaryname73]

3:26- BEST player ever!

[videolover61]

Strong, but not the best ever....sorry...don't be juvenile...

[manweller1]

Great post thank you.

[videolover61]

Good job but no Gary Bartz, David Murray, Eric Person, Sam Newsome, Oliver Lake, George Adams, Paul Desmond, Dave Liebman? Research each of those guys...they should be on your video. Maybe you should make a part 2...

[temporaryname73]

Paul Desmond is in here @ 3:37

[chas63]

Please add: Chu Berry, Big Al Sears, Joe Thomas and Hal Singer

[urbanorubano]

So lets include Bill Clinton! more people know Bill Clinton than Charlie Parker!

[urbanorubano]

kenny g!! haha

[Jazzman303]

He did say Famous... More people know who Kenny G is than people know Charlie Parker

[Jazzanswer]

The photo labeled "Sam the man Taylor" is actually of Coleman Hawkins.

No Warne Marsh?

Not famous enough?

[JROB1989]

dave koz? how bout like bobby watson? he's a great player

[kelo2000]

I waited 'till the end of the video (I realized the names were in alphabetical order by first name)...got to letter z ....and no Zoot Sims!...nevertheless great video...congrats!

[jazzyjake99]

ha you forgot gaerld albright

[Silver46]

is the pic at 3:05 reverse ?

[mahoose6]

some of the related vids are gross *cough*kennyg*cough*

[notgoneconform]

lmao

[EliotKrupa]

You left out Harry Carney! :(

[givemetoast]

Great Research!

[Koalkracker]

Name of the song is "A Night in Tunisia" which was written by Jon Hendricks (words) and John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie and Frank Paparelli in 1946. It's considered in the early bop style and it was introduced by the Dizzy Gillespie band (Musicraft Records).

Other recordings of note were made by Charlie Parker and Lennie Tristano. In 1981 the song enjoyed a revival of sorts when Chaka Khan included it in her album "What Cha' Gonna Do For Me."

[giantpedro]

name of the song please? :D

[StrikerME02]

Wow your missing some big people. Like for instance, what about Benny Golson.

[TheOverlordDale]

Great list, man. Obviously, the comments here contain other possible additions, but I quite enjoy your slide show (as well as one of the greatest Parker solos of all time in the background).

[camhi68]

where is keny g ; )

[KlassyKamikaze]

They're ONLY showing players that are GOOD not ones that SUCK!

[Kittymills18]

Wow so many talented people out there.

[asyariga]

and what about Bob Mintzer??? oO

[ckala13]

Where's Masato Honda?!

[AlTillyTheBum]

Missing From This Archive Of Saxophone Artists is Joe Konkoly,A True Genius,Both As A Player & Arranger.From Cleveland,Ohio,Popular In The Late 1920's & Through The 1940's.

[deezj]

Where are Hans&Candy Dulfer??

[coolfeyenoor]

Where is Hans Dulfer?!

[koteshok]

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!!!!! i am struggling with my art project :( we are suppose to draw the "interpation of sound" and i chose the alto sax, can someone give me some ideas on how to interparate sax's sound?

[070150537]

try google

[koteshok]

i did. all they was a picture of a saxophone, i need to interparate the sound

[070150537]

then...try youtubing it or google 'interpation of sax sound'

[martyski691]

Don't use google! I'm sure they want an interpretation from you, not someone else. Think! Put on some sax music. Close your eyes. Visualise what you're hearing. Is it sharp? Is it soft? Large or small? What colour? What shape? Distinct or fuzzy? Let your vision of the music develop. Now draw it.

[Trim252]

You did not show other great Tenor sax players like: Don Menza,Don Trimble And Sal Nestico???

[mmatvien]

i second 'what about maceo parker?'

[Saxplayerman]

Where's Boots Randolph. Some of these guys couldn't carry his mouthpiece!!

[mullsbrother]

You are damn right! One can hear a thousand tunes by other saxmen, and not know who is playing, but you always know when it's Boots! He was the Master! Mullsbrother

[TheoWanne]

great

[102453925]

What about maceo parker?

[brianasax]

A lot of Sonny's there. Sonny Rollins is the man!

[RicardoQ007]

paquito d'rivera???

[satziebaby]

Bless them all. But, no Zoot?????????

[dhouston1988]

Well anyone that checks this video out should also look up Eric Alexander. Should definitely nix all the smooth players, dave koz is a alto playing kenny g :(

[yipyip121]

BOOTS RANDOLPH DUDE!

[Saxplayerman]

Amen to THAT!!!

[c4rv3r]

If Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster and Gerry Mulligan and others are there, then where's Harry Carney ?

[rwkoutwckout]

Tommy McCook, Roland Alphonso

[onlygoodmusichere]

David Liebmann, Jan Garbarek, Hans Ulrik, Steve Grossmann, Bob Mintzer.

[onlygoodmusichere]

If players like Dave Koz are on the list. How can you forget Norwegian Jan Garbarek and maybe danish Hans Ulrik?

But thanks for the great list anyway:-)

[connsax58]

sorry dude, but alberts name is not tayler, it`s ayler

[yoolaf]

where r Courtney Pine & James Carter???

[jazzflutist]

Hey, you forgot me. Soon as I learn to blow into the thing that is ...

Nice line-up. Just a couple of people missing.

Was Dexter in there?

[mitchellchalk1]

yes

[Manuelvillamizar]

paquito d rivera is not a saxofonist his instrument is the clarinet

[TheOverlordDale]

No, he's a saxophonist first.

On his Grammy's, he's listed as a saxophonist that plays clarinet.

However, people know him for his Latin Jazz clarinet playing, since he really has no equal in that field.

He's also won the Downbeat award for best Jazz Clarinetist quite a few times.

[Manuelvillamizar]

i see,thnks

[ferdinangenius]

Man, so many names and nevertheless you forget Lucky Thompson.

[andreamarkVI]

Why dave koz?!?!?!?!

[OjAiSaXpLaYeR]

ERIC MARIENTHAL

[lovestrucksaxman]

wheres Boots Randolph!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!

[trestresbrel]

And James moody

[MPrye]

Yu forgot 2 Paquito D Rivera and Lenny Picket

[carlosthecat]

It's Albert Ayler, NOT Albert Tyler. You've got to be kidding!!!

[53531640]

Did any on these play in the Dusty Springfield rendition of the Look of Love?

The sax at the end of that peice is absolutely magical.

[william629]

No James Carter?

[Suki40330]

Thanks. You reminded me of a lot of sax players whom I had forgotten and told me of some I didn't know.

[dwk9018]

wow, nice vid!

who's the alto player in the song?

[petehalton]

charlie parker on alto and the song is A Night In Tunisia

[Werwoelfi]

nice post, all my favorite saxophonists are there, but the most of them i didnt know^^

[thesocafreak]

What do you think?