John Coltrane

John Coltrane

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,...
David Murray

David Murray

male, 54 years old
David Murray (born February 19, 1955 in Oakland, California, United States) is a notable jazz musician. Murray plays mainly tenor saxophone and...

Fred Anderson

male, 80 years old
Fred Anderson (b. Monroe, Louisiana, March 22, 1929) is an American jazz saxophonist who resides in Chicago, Illinois. Fred Anderson grew up in the...
Tim Berne

Tim Berne

male, 55 years old
Tim Berne (born 1954) is an American jazz saxophone player and composer. Though Berne was a music fan, he had no interest in playing a musical...
Kaoru Abe

Kaoru Abe

male, deceased (1978)
Kaoru Abe was a Japanese free jazz alto saxophonist, who generally played solo. He died young from a drug overdose, and has been romanticized in...
Chris Speed

Chris Speed

male, 42 years old
Chris Speed (b. Seattle, Washington, 1967) is an American saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He studied classical piano from the age of five,...

J. D. Parran

male
J. D. Parran is an American multi-woodwind player, educator, and composer specializing in jazz and free improvised music. He plays the soprano,...
Marshall Allen

Marshall Allen

male, 85 years old
Marshall Allen (born in Louisville, Kentucky, May 25, 1924) is a free jazz and avant-garde jazz alto saxophone player. He also performs on flute,...

George Adams

male, deceased (1992)
George Rufus Adams (29 April, 1940 Covington, Georgia - 14 November, 1992 New York City, New York) was an American jazz musician who played tenor...