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Who are your 3 favorite sax players?

MikeKMikeK Asheville, NCNew Altamira M-10, Epiphone Zephyr Regent
in History Posts: 380

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).

WillieStringswinger
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  • WillieWillie HamburgNew
    Posts: 824

    Johnny Hodges

    Arthur Blythe

    Coleman Hawkins

    (and many more)

    MikeK
  • rudolfochristrudolfochrist Worms, GermanyNew Dupont MD-100
    Posts: 139

    In no particular order:

    Frankie Trumbauer

    Gerry Mulligan

    my grandfather 😊

    MikeKWillie
  • billyshakesbillyshakes NoVA✭✭✭ Park Avance - Dupont Nomade - Dupont DM-50E
    Posts: 1,302

    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.


    BucoWillieMikeKBillDaCostaWilliams
  • MichaelHorowitzMichaelHorowitz SeattleAdministrator
    Posts: 6,152

    Stan Getz

    Paul Desmond

    Charlie Parker

    rudolfochristWillieMikeKStringswingerconstantine
  • StringswingerStringswinger Santa Cruz and San Francisco, CA✭✭✭✭ 1993 Dupont MD-20, Shelley Park Encore
    Posts: 465

    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.

    MikeKWillie
    "When the chord changes, you should change" Joe Pass
  • pdgpdg ✭✭
    Posts: 457

    Michael Brecker

    MikeK
  • SwedeinLASwedeinLA New
    Posts: 42

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

    MikeKWillie
  • PhilPhil Portland, ORModerator Anastasio
    edited May 2022 Posts: 765

    Michael Brecker

    Bob Berg

    Jan Garbarek

    WillieMikeK
  • cbwimcbwim ✭✭✭
    Posts: 190

    Franck Wolf

    Franck Wolf

    Franck Wolf

    MikeK
  • MatteoMatteo Sweden✭✭✭✭ JWC Modele Jazz, Lottonen "Selmer-Maccaferri"
    Posts: 393

    The three B's

    (Earl) Bostic

    (Sidney) Bechet

    (Charlie Parker) Bird

    MikeKWillierudolfochrist
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