Benny Carter

Benny Carter

male, deceased (2003)
East Coast blues musician, Jump blues musician, Big band bandleader, Swing trumpeter, Mainstream jazz trumpeter, music arranger…Mainstream jazz clarinetist, Swing saxophonist, Americanjazzaltosaxophonist, Mainstream jazz saxophonist, Jazz alto saxophonist
Bennett Lester Carter (August 8 1907 - July 12 2003) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and...
Eric Dolphy

Eric Dolphy

male, deceased (1964)
Avant-garde jazz musician, expatriate, American jazz flautist, from Los Angeles, saxophonist, Americanjazzaltosaxophonist…alto saxophone, Jazz composer, jazz musician, jazz, Jazz flautist
Eric Allan Dolphy (June 20, 1928 - June 29, 1964) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, flautist and bass clarinetist. Dolphy was one of several...
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…cool jazz, Americanjazzaltosaxophonist, Jazz alto saxophonist, Alto Saxophonist, West coast jazz
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...
Phil Woods

Phil Woods

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

David Sanborn

male, 64 years old
American jazz soprano saxophonist, Americanjazzaltosaxophonist, Smooth jazz saxophonist, Jazz fusion, St. Louis music, Jazz soprano saxophonist…Jazz alto saxophonist, American, alto, saxophonist, Smooth jazz
David Sanborn (born July 30, 1945) is an American alto saxophonist, most commonly associated with commercial, radio-friendly smooth jazz and...
Kenny G

Kenny G

male, 53 years old
American jazz soprano saxophonist, Americanjazzaltosaxophonist, American jazz tenor saxophonist, Smooth jazz saxophonist, From Seattle, Dance musician…Jazz alto saxophonist, Jazz tenor saxophonist, Jazz soprano saxophonist, American, alto
Kenneth Gorelick (born June 5, 1956), better known by his stage name Kenny G, is an American saxophonist whose fourth album, "Duotones", brought...
Lee Konitz

Lee Konitz

male, 82 years old
cool jazz, Americanjazzaltosaxophonist, key, Alto Saxophonist, tonality, alto saxophone…Cool jazz saxophonist, Jazz alto saxophonist, jazz musician, Jewish American, 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...
Sonny Fortune

Sonny Fortune

male, 70 years old
Americanjazzaltosaxophonist, Pennsylvania musician, kind of blue, Mongo Santamaria, Roy Brooks, American jazz flautist…Jazz alto saxophonist, Jazz flautist, jazz, saxophonist, jazz musician
Sonny Fortune (born May 19, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American jazz alto saxophonist and flautist. In New York City he recorded...
Charlie Mariano

Charlie Mariano

male, 85 years old
Abruzzese-American jazz musician, American oboist, Americanjazzaltosaxophonist, United Jazz and Rock Ensemble, nadaswaram, South India…Jazz alto saxophonist, American, jazz, saxophonist, jazz musician
Charlie Mariano (born November 12, 1923 in Boston) is an American jazz alto saxophonist. He played with one of the Stan Kenton big bands, Toshiko...
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, Americanjazzaltosaxophonist, Alto Saxophonist, West coast jazz, 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...