Making his recording debut with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers in 1965, he was already recording as a leader for Milestone when Miles Davis recruited him in 1970. Both of these concerts even were widely reported–angry letters to “Down Beat” and the Madison papers by disillusioned Coltrane fans. Cohn’s signature was a bright but full-bodied saxophone tone out of which he poured rivulets of mellifluous melody. He is also playing at THE JAZZ ROOM in Waterloo, Ontario in early February of 2020 (The group is called THE CLIFFS OF MOHER). Joshua Redman Rouse used the whole range of the tenor from the bottom up, well into the altissimo. Stan Getz ahead of Lester Young is just idiotic, ERIC ALEXANDER??!!! They are from the Toronto, Ontario area. Not a very good list; Phil Woods, Serge Chaloff, Don Byas, Lucky Thompson, Wardell Gray, Booker Ervin, Cecil Payne, Steve Lacy, Bill Perkins, Chu Berry, better than at least 13 of your choices. Sam Butera is always under rated except by the people in Las Vegas where Louis Prima and Sam Butera had the hottest act on the strip, even way ahead of Wayne Newton. Wayne Shorter, Pepper and Cannonball should be higher up. I’d love to interview his family. A form of lung disease has silenced Rollins’ tenor saxophone since 2012, but he remains the last great saxophonist of jazz’s golden age. Desmond!Best Alto players! decent list, but Coltrane should be number 1. and Hawkins higher then Getz. Like so many jazz musicians that worked in the 50s – including many of the best jazz saxophonists of the era – Pepper’s career was blighted with drug addiction. Brian Culbertson (born January 12, 1973) is a smooth jazz musician and instrumentalist from Decatur, Illinois, United States. According to the vapidness of a lot on this list, you should have included Kenny G and Boots Randolph as well. Houston Person & Phil Woods deserve to be on the list before a number of others that are on here.. You sure you know jazz? And that’s to say the curators, at some primal level, have equally been influenced, if not a stake in that influence. Even among the best jazz saxophonists, few could play as soulfully as Stanley Turrentine. you guys are all old timers. Mobley is the guy I go out of my way to listen to because he never wears out–always soulful, inventive, the supreme melodist. Its still a shame that being the ‘creator’ or ‘godfather’ of smooth jazz doesn’t earn enough respect. Heath has played with all the jazz greats (from Miles Davis and Milt Jackson to Freddie Hubbard), and continues to perform to this day. He was a fearless improviser with an imposing but mobile sound. Michael Brecker (3/29/49) played with his older brother Randy (11/27/45)—not his younger brother as written above. Just do your list in alphabetical order. Here is playing “Spiderman” with guitarist KEITH MURCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt0MTuTvPFc, Your email address will not be published. I count four saxophonists from the pre-swing era, although you bootlickers probably fap off to that meandering shit that’s been known as “jazz” for the past seventy years. Sonny Stitt and Tubby Hayes were absolute prodigies; nobody, but nobody, played the instrument better. … But the painful ugliness of the sound he made on 4 different occasions was enough to detract from the beauties of “A Love Supreme,” the ingenious harmonic revisions of “Giant Steps,” and the multiphonics in the cadenza of his favorite tune, “I Want to Talk About You” (played on practically every Coltrane session I attended). Interesting selection though – top 4 spot on! Californian tenor maestro John “Zoot” Sims took Lester Young’s sleek and mellow approach to jazz improv and fused it with the language of hard bop while filtering it through a cool West Coast sensibility. The sound he projects is substantial but also athletic and imbued with a heart-tugging soulfulness. Jimmy Giuffre? Check out AUTUMN IN MUSKOKA by googling THE CHRIS NOWAK PROJECT Vol.1 on YOUTUBE (just saxophone and piano). Baritone specialist Park “Pepper” Adams came from Michigan and was a stalwart of the Detroit scene, where he played with Donald Byrd in the late 50s and early 60s. Can you say “Rolling Stone best guitarists of all time”? 2) STRAIGHT LIFE-Art Pepper. Liste to The Train and the River : splendid. Frank Trumbauer? Lovano is a supremely versatile musician who has played in a welter of different musical contexts and whose influences range from bop to African music. Parker changed the course of history, turning jazz seemingly overnight … What about Phil Woods, Anthony Braxton, Booker Ervin and Grover W….??? He played on a raft of pop and rock sessions in the 70s (for everyone from Steely Dan to Art Garfunkel), as well as co-leading the funky Brecker Brothers Band with his younger sibling, Randy. Despite regretting that Rouse is not there (and glad to see I am not alone with this), I was very happy to see Griffin rate so well, and even more Hank Mobley. Though marching-band music was part of jazz’s foundation, it was the trumpet, rather than the saxophone, that first took the spotlight. May 13, 2018 - Explore Karla Mitchell's board "Jazz & Saxophone Players ", followed by 178 people on Pinterest. Grassos’ Restaurant Jazz duo with Bill Heller on November 27, 2020 6:00 pm Jan 29th North Carolina on January 29, 2021 8:30 pm Jan 30th Chayz Lounge SC on January 30, 2021 8:00 pm Norfolk Waterfront Jazz Festival- The Fabulous Blondes! Trane emptied the theater in Madison, Wisconsin’s UW Student Union. Bud Freeman? Would note that Jimmy Forrest is a candidate for the list, even though recordings are few.