Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

male, deceased (1955)
musician, Jazzaltosaxophonist, birdland, jazz, Bebop saxophonist, saxophonist…Jazz composer, jazz musician, Jazz 'Round Midnight, jazz festival
Charles "Bird" Parker, Jr. (August 29, 1920 - March 12, 1955) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Early in his career Parker was dubbed...
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, Jazzaltosaxophonist, jazz, saxophonist, Jazz composer
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,...
Lou Donaldson

Lou Donaldson

male, 83 years old
Soul-jazz saxophonist, Bebop saxophonist, American jazz saxophonist, Hard-bop saxophonist, Jazzaltosaxophonist, hard bop…soul jazz, Jazz Messengers, jazz musician, alto saxophone, saxophonist
Lou Donaldson (born November 1,1926) is a jazz alto saxophonist. He was born in Badin, North Carolina. He is best known for his soulful, bluesy...
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, American jazz alto saxophonist, Mainstream jazz saxophonist, Jazzaltosaxophonist
Bennett Lester Carter (August 8 1907 - July 12 2003) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and...
Ornette Coleman

Ornette Coleman

male, 79 years old
Free jazz musician, pulitzer prize, From Fort Worth, Texas, composer, Pulitzer Prize for Music winner, Avant-garde jazz musician…Jazzaltosaxophonist, free jazz, jazz musician, saxophonist, Jazz violinist
Ornette Coleman (born March 9, 1930) is an American saxophonist and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the...
Lee Konitz

Lee Konitz

male, 82 years old
cool jazz, American jazz alto saxophonist, key, Alto Saxophonist, tonality, alto saxophone…Cool jazz saxophonist, Jazzaltosaxophonist, jazz musician, saxophonist, jazz
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...
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, Jazzaltosaxophonist, Alto Saxophonist, 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,...
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, 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...
Eric Dolphy

Eric Dolphy

male, deceased (1964)
Avant-garde jazz musician, expatriate, American jazz flautist, from Los Angeles, saxophonist, American jazz alto saxophonist…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...
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, Alto Saxophonist, West coast jazz, Jazzaltosaxophonist
Paul Desmond (25 November 1924 - 30 May 1977), born Paul Emil Breitenfeld, was a jazz alto saxophonist and composer born in San Francisco, best...