Art Pepper

Art Pepper

male, deceased (1982)
Hard-bop saxophonist, Post-bop saxophonist, Cool jazz saxophonist, Bebop saxophonist, WestCoastjazzsaxophonist, 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...
Bud Shank

Bud Shank

male, 83 years old
Hard-bop saxophonist, improvisations, Mainstream jazz saxophonist, WestCoastjazzsaxophonist, saxophonist, Cool jazz saxophonist…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...
Teddy Edwards

Teddy Edwards

male, deceased (2003)
100 Club, Bebop saxophonist, American jazz tenor saxophonist, Hard-bop saxophonist, Cool jazz saxophonist, WestCoastjazzsaxophonist…jazz, saxophonist
Theodore Marcus "Teddy" Edwards (April 26, 1924 - April 20, 2003) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist based on the West Coast of the US. Edwards...
Paul Desmond

Paul Desmond

male, deceased (1977)
cool jazz, American military personnel of World War II, alto saxophone, west coast, Cool jazz saxophonist, WestCoastjazzsaxophonist…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...
Curtis Amy

Curtis Amy

male, deceased (2002)
soul jazz, "Touch Me", Soul-jazz saxophonist, American jazz tenor saxophonist, Hard-bop saxophonist, touch me…Cool jazz saxophonist, West coast jazz, WestCoastjazzsaxophonist, jazz musician, Pacific Jazz Records
Curtis Amy (October 11, 1929 - June 5, 2002) was an American West Coast jazz musician known for his work on tenor saxophone. He also explored other...
Lennie Niehaus

Lennie Niehaus

male
Cool jazz saxophonist, West coast jazz, WestCoastjazzsaxophonist, alto saxophone, clarinet, American…jazz, saxophonist, Jazz alto saxophonist
Lennie Niehaus is an American alto saxophonist, arranger, and composer on the West Coast jazz scene. He has played with the Stan Kenton big band,...

Bill Perkins

male, deceased (2003)
Flautist, The Tonight Show, saxophonist, West coast jazz, cool jazz, tenor saxophonist…WestCoastjazzsaxophonist, Cool jazz saxophonist, Hard-bop saxophonist, American jazz flautist, American jazz tenor saxophonist
Bill Perkins (22 July, 1924-9 August, 2003) was a cool jazz saxophonist and flautist popular on the West Coast jazz scene, known primarily as a...
Earl Anderza

Earl Anderza

male
pianist, drummer, Alto Saxophonist, West coast jazz, Jack Wilson, Pacific Jazz…WestCoastjazzsaxophonist, Cool jazz saxophonist, American jazz alto saxophonist
Earl Anderza was a West Coast jazz alto saxophonist who recorded only one album, "Outa Sight" (Pacific Jazz 1962). The date also features pianist...
Richie Kamuca

Richie Kamuca

male, deceased (1977)
jazz musician, bebop, west coast, jazz, Pennsylvania musician, tenor saxophone…West coast jazz, Jazz tenor saxophonist, tenor saxophonist, WestCoastjazzsaxophonist, Cool jazz saxophonist
Richie Kamuca (July 23 1930-July 22 1977), was an American jazz tenor saxophonist born in Philadelphia. Like many players associated with West...