John Coltrane

John Coltrane

male, deceased (1967)
Jazz saxophonist, musician, American jazz bandleader, Hard-bop saxophonist, American jazz saxophonist, Avant-garde saxophonist…American jazz tenor saxophonist, Bebop saxophonist, Free jazz saxophonist, saxophonist, tenor saxophonist
John William Coltrane, nicknamed Trane, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Although recordings of his work from as early as 1946 exist,...
Jackie McLean

Jackie McLean

male, deceased (2006)
Early Creative saxophonist, Progressive jazz saxophonist, Modal jazz saxophonist, Post-bop saxophonist, Bebop saxophonist, Hard-bop saxophonist…Mainstream jazz saxophonist, Jazz alto saxophonist, saxophonist
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,...
Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

male, 79 years old
Bebop saxophonist, Hard-bop saxophonist, musician, jazz, piano, American…Jazz tenor saxophonist, saxophonist, Jazz saxophonist
Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7 1930 in New York City) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Sonny Rollins has had a long,...
Wayne Shorter

Wayne Shorter

male, 76 years old
Jazz fusion saxophonist, Jazz tenor saxophonist, Hard-bop saxophonist, Post-bop saxophonist, Crossover jazz saxophonist, Modal jazz saxophonist…Progressive jazz saxophonist, saxophonist, Jazz saxophonist
Wayne Shorter (born August 25 1933) is an American jazz composer and saxophonist. Commonly regarded as one of the more important American jazz sax...
Dexter Gordon

Dexter Gordon

male, deceased (1990)
Swing saxophonist, Bebop saxophonist, Hard-bop saxophonist, jazz, bebop, Jazz composer…Jazz tenor saxophonist, tenor saxophonist
Dexter Gordon was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, and an Academy Award-nominated actor. He is considered one of the first bebop tenor players....
Sonny Stitt

Sonny Stitt

male, deceased (1982)
Bebop musician, hard bop, Hard-bop saxophonist, Bebop saxophonist, Critic, saxophonist…Jazz saxophonist
Edward "Sonny" Stitt (February 2 1924 - July 22 1982) was an American jazz saxophonist. He was a quintessential saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop...
Johnny Griffin

Johnny Griffin

male, 81 years old
Post-bop saxophonist, Bebop saxophonist, American jazz tenor saxophonist, Hard-bop saxophonist, American expatriate in France, Jazz Messengers…Jazz tenor saxophonist, Jazz saxophonist, saxophonist, bop, hard bop
John Arnold Griffin III (April 24, 1928) is an American bop and hard bop tenor saxophonist. Like many other successful musicians from Chicago, he...
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, Alto Saxophonist, 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...
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, post bop, Hard-bop clarinetist, Progressive jazz saxophonist
Philip Wells Woods (born November 2 1931) is an American jazz bebop alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composer. He also performed in...
Gene Ammons

Gene Ammons

male, deceased (1974)
Soul-jazz saxophonist, Bebop saxophonist, American jazz tenor saxophonist, Hard-bop saxophonist, saxophone player, American…Jazz tenor saxophonist, saxophonist
Eugene "Jug" Ammons (April 14, 1925 - August 6, 1974) was an American jazz tenor saxophone player, and the son of boogie-woogie pianist Albert...