- male, deceased (1955)
- Charles "Bird" Parker, Jr. (August 29, 1920 - March 12, 1955) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Early in his career Parker was dubbed...
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- male, deceased (1967)
- John William Coltrane, nicknamed Trane, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Although recordings of his work from as early as 1946 exist,...
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- male, deceased (1982)
- Edward "Sonny" Stitt (February 2 1924 - July 22 1982) was an American jazz saxophonist. He was a quintessential saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop...
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- male, deceased (2004)
- Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet (October 31, 1922-July 22, 2004) was a jazz tenor saxophonist most famous for his solo on "Flying Home". He is...
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- male, deceased (1990)
- Dexter Gordon was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, and an Academy Award-nominated actor. He is considered one of the first bebop tenor players....
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- male, 78 years old
- Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7 1930 in New York City) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Sonny Rollins has had a long,...
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- male, 76 years old
- Philip Wells Woods (born November 2 1931) is an American jazz bebop alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composer. He also performed in...
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- male, deceased (1969)
- Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21 1904-May 19 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was a prominent jazz tenor saxophonist. He is...
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- male, deceased (1982)
- Arthur Edward Pepper, Jr. (September 1 1925-June 15, 1982) was an American cool jazz alto saxophonist. He began his musical career in the 1940s...
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- male, deceased (2006)
- John Lenwood (Jackie) McLean (May 17 1931 - March 31 2006; some sources give 1932 as his year of birth) was an American jazz alto saxophonist,... More
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