List of saxophonists: Information from Answers.com

Explanation of columns:

This page lists all saxophonists. See List of jazz saxophonists for a list of jazz sax players.

Explanation of indicators:

X = instrument has been used by person or group
X = instrument has been used by person or group, but much less often than other X-marked instruments
C = person or group uses a C melody saxophone (either as primary instrument, or in addition to the normal tenor sax)

Name	Timespan	s	S	A	T	B	b	c	sc	Genre
Mindi Abair	1969-		x	X						Smooth jazz
George Adams	1940–1992			X						Jazz
Pepper Adams	1930–1986					X				Jazz
Cannonball Adderley	1928–1975		X	X						Jazz
Rudy Adler					X					Jazz
Gerald Albright	1957-		X	X	X					Jazz
Eric Alexander	1968-				X					Jazz
Lee Allen	1926–1994				X					R&B
Marshall Allen	1924-			X						Jazz
Jeff Alkire	1959-			X						Jazz
Valentín Álvarez	1952-	X	X	X	X	X				Jazz / Free Jazz
Joey Ambrose	1934-			X	X					Rock / Bebop
Gene Ammons	1925–1974				X					Jazz
Fred Anderson	1929-				X					Jazz
Buddy Arnold	1926–2003				X					Jazz
Georgie Auld					X					Jazz
Albert Ayler	1936–1970			X	X					Jazz
Buster Bailey				X						Jazz
Greg Banaszak			X	X						Classical, Jazz
Bernardo Baraj	1944-		X		X					Jazz, Folk, Tango
Gato Barbieri	1934-				X					Jazz
Phillip Barham	1957-		x	X	x					Classical
Paul Barnes			X							Jazz
Charlie Barnet	1913–1991				X					Swing
Gary Bartz	1940-		X	X						Jazz
Bus Bassey					X					Jazz
Sidney Bechet	1897–1959		X							Jazz
Jay Beckenstein	1951-		X	X						Smooth Jazz
Han Bennink	1942-		X	x	C					Free Jazz
Peter Bennink		X	X	X	X					Free Jazz
Bob Berg	1951–2002		X		X					Jazz
Sean Bergin	1948-			X	X					Jazz
Jerry Bergonzi	1947-		x		X					Jazz
Tim Berne	1954-			X		X				Jazz
Noni Bernardi		X								Jazz
Chu Berry	1908–1941			X	X					Jazz
Serge Bertocchi	1961-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		Contemporary / Classical
Gary Bias	1962-		X	X	X					R&B
Barney Bigard	1940–1992				X					Jazz
Larry Binyon					X					Jazz
Gus Binova		X								Jazz
Jane Ira Bloom	1955-		X	X						Jazz
Hamiet Bluiett	1940-				X	X	X			Jazz
Arthur Blythe	1940-	X	X	X	X					Free Jazz / Jazz
Harvey Boone				X						Jazz
Earl Bostic	1913–1965			X						R&B
Mwata Bowden	1947-				X	X				Jazz
David Bowie	1947-		X	X	X	X				Rock
Charles Brackeen	1940-		X		X					Jazz / Free Jazz
Thomas Bragg	1994-			x						Jazz
Anthony Braxton	1945-	X	X	X+F	C	X	X	X		Jazz
Michael Brecker	1949–2007		X		X					Jazz
Willem Breuker	1944-		X	X	X	X				Jazz
Nick Brignola	1936–2002		X	X		X				Jazz
James Briggs (Jimmy the Robot)	1978-				X					Ska
Peter Brötzmann	1941-			X	X	X	X			Free jazz
Arnold Brilhart				X						Jazz
Marion Brown	1935-			X						Avant-garde
Scoville Brown				X						Jazz
Tore Brunborg	1960-		X		X					Jazz
Cornelius Bumpus	1946–2004			X						Jazz / Rock
Garvin Bushell	1902–1991			X						Jazz
Don Byas	1912–1972				X					Jazz
Ernie Caceres					X	X				Jazz
Sid Caesar	1922-				X					Swing
Happy Caldwell					X					Jazz
Ed Calle	1969-		X	x	X	x				Jazz
Ronald Caravan	1946-	x	X	X	x					Classical
Harry Carney	1910–1974			X		X				Jazz
Pete Carney	1974-		X	X	X	X				Acid jazz
François Carrier	1961-		X	X						Free Jazz
Benny Carter	1907–2003			X						Jazz
Daniel Carter	1945-		X	X						Free Jazz
James Carter	1969-	X	X	X+F	C	X	X			Jazz
Emilio Castillo	1968-				X					Soul / Funk
Serge Chaloff	1923–1957					X				Jazz
James Chance	1953-			X						Punk / Funk / Free Jazz
Pete Christlieb	1945-				X					Jazz / Bebop
Pete Clark		X								Jazz
Clarence Clemons	1942-		X	X	X	X				Rock
Bill Clinton	1946-				X					Jazz / Funk
Arnett Cobb	1918–1989				X					Jazz
Jeff Coffin	1965-		X		X					Jazz
Paul Cohen		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	Classical
Al Cohn	1925–1988				X					Jazz
Ruppert Cole					X					Jazz
Ornette Coleman	1930-			X	X					Free jazz
Steve Coleman	1956-			X						Jazz
John Coltrane	1926–1967		X	X	X					Jazz
Ravi Coltrane	1965-				X			cheese		Jazz
Lol Coxhill	1932-	X	X		X					Free improv
Sonny Criss	1927–1977			X						Jazz
Robert Crowder					X					Jazz
Rube Crozier					X	X				Jazz
Ronnie Cuber	1941-					X				Jazz
King Curtis	1950–1971		X	X	X					Rock & Roll / Soul
Bobby Davis				X						Jazz
Snake Davis			X	X	X	X				Jazz
Eddie Davis	1922–1986				X					Jazz
Charles DeChant			X	X	X	X				Blue-eyed soul
Chris Dee	1963-				X					Jazz
Daniel Deffayet	1922–2002		X	X	X	X				Classical
Claude Delangle		X	X	X	X	X	X			Classical
Karl Denson					X					Jazz / Funk
Paul Desmond	1924–1977			X						Jazz
Stefano di Battista	1969-		X	X						Jazz
Manu Dibango	1933-		X	X	X	X				Jazz Funk
Klaus Doldinger	1936-				X					Jazz
Eric Dolphy	1928–1964			X						Jazz
Lou Donaldson	1926-			X						Hard bop
Jimmy Dorsey	1904–1957			X						Big Band
Paquito D'Rivera	1948-		X	X	X					Latin Jazz
Du Yinjiao	1965-		X	X	X	X				Jazz
Steve Duke	1954-		X	X						Contemporary Classical
Candy Dulfer	1969-			X						Smooth jazz
Hans Dulfer	1940-				X					Jazz
Paul Dunmall	1953-		X		C					Free jazz
Jay C. Easton	1975-	X	X	X+F	C	X	X	X	X	Classical
Ernest Elliott				X	X					Jazz
Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis	1941-		X	X	X	X				Jazz
Booker Ervin	1930–1970				X					Jazz
Ellery Eskelin	1959-				X					Jazz
Bill Evans	1958-				X					Jazz
Stump Evans										Jazz
Douglas Ewart	1946-	x		X						Free jazz
Mirko Fait	1965-	X			X					Smooth Jazz / Ambient
Wilton Felder	1940-				X					Jazz / Fusion / R&B
Jean-Yves Fourmeau		X	X	X	X	X	X			Classical
Bob Franceschini	1961-		x	x	X					Jazz
Bud Freeman	1906–1991				X					Jazz
Chico Freeman	1949-				X					Jazz
Wolfgang Fuchs	1949-	X								Free improv
Bob Fuller			X			X				Jazz
Sam Furnace	1954–2004			X	X	X				Jazz
Kenny G	1956-		X	X	X					Smooth jazz
Kenny Garrett	1960-		X	X	X					Jazz
Alfred Gallodoro	1913-			X						Jazz, Classical
Jan Garbarek	1947-		X		X		x			Jazz
Joe Garland					X					Jazz
Charles Gayle	1939-			X	X	X				Free jazz
Stan Getz	1927–1991				X					Jazz
John Gilmore	1931–1995				X	X				Jazz
Jimmy Giuffre	1921-				X					Jazz
Frode Gjerstad	1948-			X			X			Avant-garde
Vinny Golia	1946-	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	Jazz
Benny Golson	1929-				X					Jazz
Paul Gonsalves	1920–1974				X					Jazz
Kadri Gopalnath	1950-			X						Carnatic
Dexter Gordon	1923–1990		X		X					Hard bop
Jean-Michel Goury	1961-	X	X	X	X	X	X			Contemporary
Glen Gray	1906–1963			X						Jazz
Wardell Gray	1921–1955				X					Jazz
Johnny Griffin	1928-				X					Hard bop
Adam Grimm	1978-		X	X	X	X				Classical
Tom Guralnick	1951-		X		X					Experimental
Mats Gustafsson	1964-	X	X	X	X	X		X		Free jazz
Randall Hall			X	X	X	X				Free improv
Greg Ham	1953-				X					Reggae
Lenny Hambro	1942–1995			X	X	X				Jazz / Swing / Bebop / Mambo
Scott Hamilton	1954-				X					Jazz
John Handy	1933-			X						Jazz
Otto Hardwick	1904–1970		X	X		X				Jazz
John Harle	1956-		X	X	x					Classical
Rufus Harley	1936–2006		X		X					Jazz
Joe Harriott	1929–1973			X						Jazz
Charles Harris										Jazz
Eddie Harris	1934–1996				X					Jazz
Chester Hazlett				X						Jazz
Coleman Hawkins	1904–1969				X					Jazz
Jimmy Heath	1926-		X	X	X					Jazz
John Helliwell	1945-		X	X	X	X				Rock
Frederick L. Hemke	1935-		X	X	X					Classical
Julius Hemphill	1938–1995		X	X	X					Jazz
Jack Henderson					X					Jazz
Joe Henderson	1937–2001				X					Jazz
Woody Herman	1913–1987		X							Jazz
Warren Hill	1991-		x	X						Smooth jazz
Johnny Hodges	1906–1970		X	X						Jazz
Red Holloway	1927-			X						Jazz
Ron Holloway	1953-				X					Jazz, R&B, Blues, Funk, Rock
Jim Horn	19xx-			x	X					Blues / Rock / R&B
James Houlik	1942-				X					Classical
Mihai Iordache	1967-			X	X	X				Jazz, Funk, Punk, Rock
Zdenko Ivanusic	1967-		X	X	X					Jazz, Funk, Classical
Charlie Jackson						X				Jazz
David Jackson	1947-			X	X					Progressive rock
Rudy Jackson					X					Jazz
Illinois Jacquet	1922–2004				X					Jazz
Budd Johnson	1910–1984				X					Jazz
Georges Johnson					X					Jazz
Plas Johnson	1931-				X					Bebop / R&B / Blues / Jazz
David Jones										Jazz
Edward "Kidd" Jordan	1935-	X	X	X	C	X				Jazz
Clifford Jordan	1931–1993		X		X					Jazz
Louis Jordan	1908–1975			X						R&B
Ori Kaplan	1969-			X		X				Jazz
Bruce Kapler	1953-		X	X	X	X	X			Rock, R&B
Theodore Kerkezos										Jazz
Bobby Keys	1943-				X	X				Rock
Daniel Kientzy	1951-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		Contemporary
Rahsaan Roland Kirk	1935–1977		X	X	X					Free jazz, Jazz
John Klemmer	1946-		X	X	X					Smooth jazz
Hans Koch	1948-		X		X					Free jazz
Lee Konitz	1927-			X						Jazz
Håkon Kornstad	1977-		X		X		X			Jazz, Free jazz, Free improv
Dave Koz	1963-		X	X	X	X				Smooth jazz
Stephen "Doc" Kupka						X				Funk
Fela Kuti	1938-1997		X							Afrobeat
Femi Kuti	1962-			X						Afrobeat
Seun Kuti	1982-				X					Afrobeat
Trent Kynaston	1946-		x	X	X					Classical, Jazz
Steve Lacy	1934–2004		X							Jazz
Oliver Lake	1942-		X	X	X					Jazz
Harold Land	1928–2001				X					Hard bop
Prince Lasha	1929-			X						Jazz
Yusef Lateef	1920-				X					Jazz
Amy Lee	1963-	X	X	X	X	X				Smooth jazz, Jazz, R&B
Steven Leffue	1977-		X	X	X	X				Contemporary, Experimental, Classical
Min Leibrook						x				Jazz
Michael Lewis	1946-		X	X	X					Jazz
Roger Lewis
Min Leibrook						X				Jazz
Dave Liebman	1946-		X		X					Jazz
John Linnell	1959-					X	X			Pop / Rock
Liu Yuan	1960-				X	X				Jazz, Rock
Charles Lloyd	1938-			X	X					Jazz
Jean-Marie Londeix	1932-		X	X	X	X				Classical
Joe Lovano	1952-		X	X	X+C					Jazz
Joseph Lulloff	1960-		X	X	X	X				Classical
Andy Mackay	1946-		X	X	X	X				Rock
Steve MacKay					X					Punk rock
Wesley Magoogan				X						Punk rock
Didier Malherbe	1943-		X	X	X		X			Progressive rock / Jazz fusion
Steve "The Count" Marcus	1939–2005		X		X					Jazz / Fusion
Charlie Mariano	1923-		X	X						Jazz / Fusion
Eric Marienthal	1980-		X	X	X					Jazz
Lou Marini	1945-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	Jazz
Branford Marsalis	1960-		X	X	X					Jazz / Classical
Warne Marsh	1927–1987				X					Jazz
Jerry Martini	1943-			X	X					Soul / Funk / Rock
Sabir Mateen										Jazz
Bennie Maupin	1940-		X		X					Jazz
Nye Mayhew										Jazz
Theodore McCord					X					Jazz
Harold Mc Lean				X						Jazz
Jackie McLean	1932–2006			X						Hard bop
Harold McNair	1932–1971			X	X					Jazz
Joe McPhee	1939-			X						Jazz
Charles McPherson	1939-			X	X					Jazz
Patrick Meighan				X						Classical
Pierre-Stéphane Meugé	1964-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		Contemporary
Charles Miller	1939–1980			X	X					Funk
Bob Mintzer	1953-		X		X					Jazz
Roscoe Mitchell	1940-	X	X	X	X	X	X			Jazz
Hank Mobley	1930–1986				X					Hard bop
James Moody	1925-			X	X	X				Jazz
Jemeel Moondoc	1951-			X						Free jazz
Angelo Moore	1965-		x	x	x	X	X			Rock
LeRoi Moore	1961–2008		X	X	X	X	X			Rock, Jazz
Frank Morgan	1933-			X						Jazz
Van Morrison	1945-		X	X	X					Rock
Dick Morrissey	1940–2000		X		X					Jazz
Bob Mover	1952-		X	X	X					Jazz
Marcel Mule	1901–2001		X	X						Classical
Gerry Mulligan	1927–1996		X		X	X				Jazz
David Murray	1955-				X					Jazz
Don Murray					X					Jazz
Don Myrick	1940–1993			X	X					R&B
Ernest Wilson Myers						X				Jazz
David "Fathead" Newman	1933-		X	X	X	X				Jazz
Albert Nicholas				x						Jazz
Enzo Nini	1954-		X	X	X					Jazz
Steve Norman	1960-			X						Pop
Greg Osby	1960-		X	X						Jazz
Gerald Oshita	1942–1992			X	X	X
Fausto Papetti	1923–1999			X						Smooth Jazz
Walter Parazaider	1945-			X	X					Rock
Charlie Parker	1920–1955			X	X					Bebop
Evan Parker	1944-		X		X					Free jazz
Maceo Parker	1943-			X	X					R&B / Funk
JD Parran			X		X	X	X			Free jazz
Pat Patrick	1929–1991					X				Jazz
David 'Davey' Payne	1944-			X						Rock / Punk
Kirk Pengilly	1958-									Rock
Art Pepper	1925–1982			X	X					Jazz
Jim Pepper	1941–1992				X					Jazz
Jack Pettis										Jazz
Joseph "Flip" Phillips	1915-				X					Jazz
Lenny Pickett	1954-		X	X	X	X				R&B / funk
Dave Pietro			X	X	C					Jazz
St. Clair Pinckney	1930–1999				X	X				Funk
Courtney Pine	1964-		X	X	X	X				Jazz / Jazz fusion
Harvey Pittel	1943-	X	X	X	X					Classical
Dan Plonsey	1958-		X	X	C	X				Free jazz
Rudy Pompilli	1926–1976				X					Rock & Roll
Alex Poole				X						Jazz
Chris Potter	1971-		X	X	X					Jazz
Russell Procope				X						Jazz
Ike Quebec	1918–1963				X					Jazz
Kenneth Radnofsky	1953-		x	X						Classical
Boyd Raeburn	1913–1966						X			Jazz
Bhob Rainey	1972-		X							Free improv
Boots Randolph	1927-			X	X					Rock & Roll
Sigurd Raschèr	1907–2001	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		Classical
Raphael Ravenscroft				X						Rock
Danny Ray	1951-				X					Rock
Don Redman				X						Jazz
Dewey Redman	1931–2006				X					Free jazz
Joshua Redman	1969-		X	X	X					Jazz
Alto Reed		x	x	X	X	X	X			Rock
Don Rendell	1926-		X		X					Jazz
Jerome Richardson	1920–2000		x	x	X	x				Jazz / Big Band
Sam Rivers	1923-		X		X					Jazz
Pat Rizzo	1943-			X	X					Soul / Funk / Rock
Matana Roberts				X						Jazz
Roy Robertson			X	X	C	X	X	X		Jazz
Prince Robinson						X				Jazz
Adrian Rollini	1904–1956						X			Swing
Sonny Rollins	1930-				X					Jazz
Roger Rosenberg	1961-		X	x	x	X				Jazz / Rock
James Rotter			x	x	X					Jazz
Ned Rothenberg	1956-			X						Free improv
Eugene Rousseau	1932-		X	X						Classical
Charlie Rouse	1924–1988				X					Jazz
Pee Wee Russell					X					Jazz
Doc Rycker				X						Jazz
Brian Sacawa	1977-		X	X	X	X				Classical
Dominic Saldhana	1926-				X					Jazz, Pop
John Sampen	1949-			X						Classical
Edgar Sampson				X		X				Jazz
David Sanborn	1945-		X	X						Smooth jazz
Pharoah Sanders	1940-		X	X	X					Jazz
Adolphe Sax	1814–1894	X	X	X	X	X	X			Classical
Jack Schroer	1944-1995		X	X	X	X				Rock
Tom Scott	1948-		X	X	X	X				Jazz fusion
Glen Scoville				X	X					Jazz
Louis Sclavis	1953-		X			X				Jazz
Trygve Seim	1971-		X		X					Jazz
Bud Shank	1926-			X						Jazz
Elliott Sharp	1951-		X	X	X					Experimental
Andy Sheppard	1957-		X		X					Jazz
Archie Shepp	1937-		X	X	X					Jazz
Wayne Shorter	1933-		X	X	X	X				Jazz
Sonny Simmons	1933-			X						Jazz
Zoot Sims	1925–1985		X	X	X					Jazz
Donald Sinta	1937-			X						Classical
Tommy Smith	1967--		X	X	X					Jazz
Willie Smith	1910–1967			X						Swing
Chris Speed	1967-				X					Jazz
Herbie Steward	1926-		X		X					Jazz
Sonny Stitt	1924–1982			X	X	X				Bebop
Vernon Story	1922–2007				X					Bebop
Charles Strickfaden										Jazz
Nobuya Sugawa			X	X						Classical
Taimur Sullivan	1970-	X	X	X	X	X	X			Classical
John Surman	1944-		X			X				Jazz
Lew Tabackin	1940-				X					Jazz
Tom Tallitsch	1974-				X					Jazz
Yaz Takagi					X					Jazz
Evan Tate	1961-		X	X						Jazz
Sam "the Man" Taylor	1916-		X	X						Jazz, R&B, Pop
John Tchicai	1936-		X		X					Jazz
Oluyemi Thomas			X		C					Free jazz
Pete Thomas		X	X	X	X	X	X			Rock
Barbara Thompson	1944-		X							Jazz
Lee Jay Thompson	1957-			X	X	X				Ska
Lucky Thompson	1924-		X		X					Jazz
Dave Tofani	1944-		x	x	X					Jazz
Frankie Trumbauer	1901–1956				C					Jazz
Kenneth Tse	1972-		X	X						Classical
Mark Turner	1965-				X					Jazz
Stanley Turrentine	1934–2000				X					Jazz
Kazutoki Umezu	1949-		X	X						Free jazz
Ken Vandermark	1964-									Jazz
Charlie Ventura	1916–1992				X					Jazz
Eddie Vinson	1917–1988			X						Jazz
Joe Walker										Jazz
Greely Walton					X					Jazz
Mark Walton	1957-		X	X	X	X				Classical
Carlos Ward	1940-			X	X					Jazz
David S. Ware	1949-		X	X	X					Jazz
Crawford Washington				X						Jazz
Grover Washington, Jr.	1943–1999		X	X	X	x				Smooth Jazz / Jazz
Sado Watanabe			X	X	x					Smooth Jazz / Jazz
Bobby Watson	1953-			X						Jazz
Ernie Watts	1945-		X	X	X					Jazz / Fusion
Noble "Thin Man" Watts	1926–2004				X					R&B
Ben Webster	1909–1973				X					Classical
Marcus Weiss	1961-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		Contemporary
Frank Wess	1922-			X	X					Jazz
Crawford Wethington										Jazz
Kirk Whalum	1958-		X		X					Jazz fusion
Andrew White	1942-			X	X					Jazz
Chris White	1955-		X	X	X	X				Jazz, Rock
Gil White					X					Jazz
Todd A. White	1967-	X	X+C	X+F	X+C	X	X	X		Jazz, Big Band, Rock
Rudy Wiedoeft	1893–1940			X	C					Classical
Barney Wilen	1937–1996				X					Jazz
Eddie Williams		X								Jazz
Elmer Williams										Jazz
Pamela Williams				X						Jazz
Ernest Wilson Myers						X				Jazz
Steve Wilson	1961-		X	X						Jazz
Paul Winter	1939-		X	x						Jazz, World music
Francis Wong			X		X					Jazz
Phil Woods	1931-		X	X						Bebop
Chris Wood	1944–1983		X	X	X	X				Rock
Andrew Woolfolk	1951-		X	X	X					R&B
Lester Young	1909–1959				X					Jazz
John Zorn	1953-			X						Free jazz
Anne Zwaga	1960-			X	X					Bebop
Name	Timespan	s	S	A	T	B	b	c	sc	Genre

Fictional saxophonists

Ribaz, from Fishnet Parachutes
Bear, from The Bear Comes Home
Blue from the M&M's
Bleeding Gums Murphy from The Simpsons
Dale Turner from Round Midnight (played by Dexter Gordon)
Phoebe Terese from The Magic School Bus
Lisa Simpson from The Simpsons
McClintic Sphere
Pablo from Steppenwolf
Sesame Street Hoots the Owl, from Sesame Street
Zoot from The Muppet Show
Midvalley the Hornfreak from Trigun
Tiny Kong from Donkey Kong 64
Eddie from The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Sunny Bridges from Class of 3000
Sue Ellen Armstrong from Arthur
Shirley the Medium from Courage the Cowardly Dog
Vincent Speller
Jeffrey Loeffert

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