Who are your 3 favorite sax players?

MikeK

This is a particularly tough question since there are so many greats:

Hank Mobley

Dexter Gordon

Tina Brooks

(It's hard to stop at 3, but I forced myself to do it).

Willie

Johnny Hodges

Arthur Blythe

Coleman Hawkins

(and many more)

rudolfochrist

In no particular order:

Frankie Trumbauer

Gerry Mulligan

my grandfather 😊

billyshakes

We don't hear a whole lot of sax with Django's music these days it seems to me. Whenever I think about it though, I think of this great concert with Angelo Debarre + friends from 2003. Gerry Niewood is the player here. Played mostly with Chuck Mangione and tragically died in a commercial plane flight when the pilot stalled the aircraft on approach in NY.

https://youtu.be/rIVKW_2zs-I?t=1705

MichaelHorowitz

Stan Getz

Paul Desmond

Charlie Parker

Stringswinger

Cannonball

Stitt

Bird

It was hard to leave Rollins and Turrentine off that list, but I do have a preference for the Alto.

For those who like Django's music and the modern sax, check out James Carter's albums of Django music. Seriously post bop/modern, but still a way cool interpretation of Django's music.

pdg

Michael Brecker

SwedeinLA

Coltrane, Brecker and Eric Dolphy....and dozens of others.

Phil

Michael Brecker

Bob Berg

Jan Garbarek

cbwim

Franck Wolf

Franck Wolf

Franck Wolf

Matteo

The three B's

(Earl) Bostic

(Sidney) Bechet

(Charlie Parker) Bird