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,...
Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

male, 79 years old
Bebop saxophonist, Hard-bop saxophonist, musician, jazz, piano, American…Jazztenorsaxophonist, saxophonist, jazz musician, 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,...
Dexter Gordon

Dexter Gordon

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

Coleman Hawkins

male, deceased (1969)
Swing saxophonist, Bebop saxophonist, big band, bebop, swing music, hawk…Jazz saxophonist, jazz musician, jazz, Jazztenorsaxophonist, tenor saxophonist
Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21 1904-May 19 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was a prominent jazz tenor saxophonist. He is...
Lester Young

Lester Young

male, deceased (1959)
Count Basie Orchestra member, Swing clarinetist, Swing saxophonist, American jazz clarinetist, Vaudeville performer, American jazz saxophonist…Cool jazz saxophonist, jazz, saxophonist, Jazztenorsaxophonist, 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, Cool jazz saxophonist, Jazztenorsaxophonist, 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,...
Wayne Shorter

Wayne Shorter

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

Joe Henderson

male, deceased (2001)
Post-bop jazz musician, Jazz composer, African American, jazz musician, Grammy Award winner, saxophone…Tenor, saxophonist, jazz, Jazztenorsaxophonist
Joe Henderson (April 24, 1937 - June 30, 2001) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Born in Lima, Ohio, he studied music at Kentucky State...
Hank Mobley

Hank Mobley

male, deceased (1986)
Hard-bop musician, American jazz saxophonist, Jazztenorsaxophonist, American, roll call, From Georgia…soul jazz, saxophonist, cool jazz, Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers, The Jazz Messengers
Henry (Hank) Mobley was an American hard bop and soul jazz tenor saxophonist and composer. Mobley was described by Leonard Feather as the...
Ben Webster

Ben Webster

male, deceased (1973)
American jazz tenor saxophonist, Mainstream jazz saxophonist, Swing saxophonist, Duke Ellington Orchestra member, From Kansas City, tenor saxophone…jazz, Jazztenorsaxophonist, Jazz saxophonist, jazz musician, tenor saxophonist
Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27 1909-September 20 1973) was an influential American jazz tenor saxophonist. Webster, born in Kansas City,...