Phil Woods

Phil Woods

male, 78 years old
Bandleader, hard bop, Stephane Grappelli, Louis Bellson, Hard-bop saxophonist, American jazz alto saxophonist…Bebop saxophonist, Post-bop saxophonist, Progressive jazz saxophonist, alto saxophone, AltoSaxophonist
Philip Wells Woods (born November 2 1931) is an American jazz bebop alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composer. He also performed in...
Lee Konitz

Lee Konitz

male, 82 years old
cool jazz, American jazz alto saxophonist, key, AltoSaxophonist, tonality, alto saxophone…Cool jazz saxophonist, Jazz alto saxophonist, saxophonist
Lee Konitz is an American jazz composer and alto saxophonist born in Chicago, Illinois. He has been noted to be one of the few alto saxophonists of...
Paul Desmond

Paul Desmond

male, deceased (1977)
cool jazz, American military personnel of World War II, alto saxophone, west coast, Cool jazz saxophonist, West Coast jazz saxophonist…Mainstream jazz saxophonist, American jazz alto saxophonist, AltoSaxophonist, Jazz alto saxophonist
Paul Desmond (25 November 1924 - 30 May 1977), born Paul Emil Breitenfeld, was a jazz alto saxophonist and composer born in San Francisco, best...
Johnny Hodges

Johnny Hodges

male, deceased (1970)
Lucky Roberts, Mainstream jazz clarinetist, Swing clarinetist, Duke Ellington Orchestra member, Swing saxophonist, American jazz clarinetist…American jazz saxophonist, Mainstream jazz saxophonist, Jazz alto saxophonist, AltoSaxophonist, saxophonist
John Cornelius "Johnny" Hodges (25 July, 1907-11 May, 1970) was an American alto saxophonist and lead player of Duke Ellington's saxophone section,...
Art Pepper

Art Pepper

male, deceased (1982)
Hard-bop saxophonist, Post-bop saxophonist, Cool jazz saxophonist, Bebop saxophonist, West Coast jazz saxophonist, Mainstream jazz saxophonist…American jazz alto saxophonist, Jazz alto saxophonist, AltoSaxophonist, saxophonist
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...
Bobby Watson

Bobby Watson

male, 56 years old
Post-bop jazz musician, post-bop, Jazz composer, 29th Street Saxophone Quartet, University of Missouri–Kansas City faculty, Jazz Messengers…Jazz alto saxophonist, AltoSaxophonist, alto saxophone, Jazz saxophonist
Bobby Watson is an American post-bop jazz alto saxophonist, composer, producer, and educator. Watson grew up in Kansas City, Kansas. He trained...
Oliver Lake

Oliver Lake

male, 67 years old
Black Artists Group, Neo-bop jazz musician, Avant-garde jazz musician, AltoSaxophonist, Flutist, st louis…alto saxophone, Jazz alto saxophonist, saxophonist
Oliver Lake (b. Marianna, Arkansas, September 14, 1944) is an American alto saxophonist, flutist and composer. Lake started playing and studying...
Paquito D'Rivera

Paquito D'Rivera

male, 61 years old
Latin jazz clarinetist, AltoSaxophonist, Havana, Cuba, soprano saxophonist, Afro-Cuban jazz composer, Latin jazz saxophonist…Afro-Cuban jazz saxophonist, Jazz saxophonist, saxophonist
Paquito D'Rivera (b. 4 June, 1948) is a Grammy award-winning alto saxophonist, clarinetist and soprano saxophonist from Havana, Cuba.
Bud Shank

Bud Shank

male, 83 years old
Hard-bop saxophonist, improvisations, Mainstream jazz saxophonist, West Coast jazz saxophonist, saxophonist, Cool jazz saxophonist…Big band saxophonist, Jazz alto saxophonist, AltoSaxophonist, alto saxophone
Bud Shank (born May 27, 1926) is an American alto saxophonist. He also played flute in Stan Kenton's Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra, The...

Antonio Hart

male, 41 years old
Berklee College of Music alumni, Greek-letter, Fraternities and sororities, Jazz alto saxophonist, AltoSaxophonist, Baltimore School For The Arts…alto saxophone
Antonio Hart (born September 30, 1968 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a jazz alto saxophonist. He attended the Baltimore School for the Arts, Berklee...