Lee Konitz

Lee Konitz

male, 82 years old
cool jazz, American jazz alto saxophonist, key, Alto Saxophonist, tonality, alto saxophone…Cooljazzsaxophonist, Birth of the Cool, Jazz alto saxophonist, jazz musician, 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...
Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan

male, deceased (1996)
cool jazz, Death from surgical complications, Cooljazzsaxophonist, Cool jazz arranger, Liver cancer death, composer…jazz, Jazz baritone saxophonist
Gerald Joseph "Gerry" Mulligan was an American jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger, known primarily for his unusually cool baritone saxophone...
Lester Young

Lester Young

male, deceased (1959)
Count Basie Orchestra member, Swing clarinetist, Swing saxophonist, American jazz clarinetist, Vaudeville performer, American jazz saxophonist…Cooljazzsaxophonist, jazz, saxophonist, Jazz tenor saxophonist, Jazz saxophonist
Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 - March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. He is remembered...
Stan Getz

Stan Getz

male, deceased (1991)
musician, jazz musician, saxophonist, tenor saxophone, Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto, cool jazz…American jazz saxophonist, Cooljazzsaxophonist, Jazz tenor saxophonist, Jazz saxophonist, jazz
Stanley Gayetsky, usually known by his stage name Stan Getz, was an American jazz musician. Known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone,...
Paul Desmond

Paul Desmond

male, deceased (1977)
cool jazz, American military personnel of World War II, alto saxophone, west coast, Cooljazzsaxophonist, West Coast jazz saxophonist…Mainstream jazz saxophonist, American jazz alto saxophonist, 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...
Woody Herman

Woody Herman

male, deceased (1987)
American jazz bandleader, Cool jazz clarinetist, Vaudeville performer, Big band bandleader, Cooljazzsaxophonist, Swing clarinetist…American jazz clarinetist, Swing saxophonist, saxophonist, jazz, Jazz bandleader
Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16 1913 - October 29 1987), better known as Woody Herman, was an American jazz clarinetist, alto and soprano...
Bud Shank

Bud Shank

male, 83 years old
Hard-bop saxophonist, improvisations, Mainstream jazz saxophonist, West Coast jazz saxophonist, saxophonist, Cooljazzsaxophonist…Big band saxophonist, West coast jazz, Jazz alto saxophonist, Alto Saxophonist
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...
Art Pepper

Art Pepper

male, deceased (1982)
Hard-bop saxophonist, Post-bop saxophonist, Cooljazzsaxophonist, Bebop saxophonist, West Coast jazz saxophonist, Mainstream jazz saxophonist…cool jazz, American jazz alto saxophonist, 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...
Warne Marsh

Warne Marsh

male, deceased (1987)
Cooljazzsaxophonist, cool jazz, jazz standard, violin, cool, actress…saxophonist
Warne Marion Marsh (26 October 1927 - 17 December 1987) was an American saxophonist born in Los Angeles. Marsh came from an affluent background:...
Zoot Sims

Zoot Sims

male, deceased (1985)
American jazz tenor saxophonist, American jazz saxophonist, Hard-bop saxophonist, Cooljazzsaxophonist, Jazz tenor saxophonist, soprano saxophone…jazz, tenor saxophonist, soprano saxophonist, saxophonist, jazz musician
John Haley "Zoot" Sims (October 29, 1925 - March 23, 1985) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and soprano saxophonist. He was born in...