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, tenor saxophonist, Jazz tenor saxophonist, tenorsaxophone
John William Coltrane, nicknamed Trane, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Although recordings of his work from as early as 1946 exist,...
Stan Getz

Stan Getz

male, deceased (1991)
musician, jazz musician, saxophonist, tenorsaxophone, Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto, cool jazz…Jazz tenor saxophonist
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,...
Coleman Hawkins

Coleman Hawkins

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

Ben Webster

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

Horace Silver

male, 81 years old
jazz musician, cape verde, jazz pianist, Modal jazz pianist, tenorsaxophone, Mainstream jazz pianist
Horace Silver (born September 2, 1928), born Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva in Norwalk, Connecticut, is an American jazz pianist and composer....
Archie Shepp

Archie Shepp

male, 72 years old
Goddard College alumni, Avant-garde jazz musician, Pennsylvania musician, piano, fort lauderdale, race…Jazz tenor saxophonist, tenorsaxophone, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone
Archie Shepp is an American jazz saxophonist. Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on May 24, 1937, but raised in Philadelphia,...
Chris Potter

Chris Potter

male, 38 years old
Steely Dan member, alto, vertigo, American, ray brown, New School University…tenorsaxophone, saxophone, alto saxophone
Chris Potter (born January 1, 1971) is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Potter spent...
Eddie Harris

Eddie Harris

male, deceased (1996)
reed trumpet, “Freedom Jazz Dance”, The Newport Jazz Festival, Hard-bop musician, Soul-jazz musician, electric piano…tenorsaxophone, Jazz tenor saxophonist
Eddie Harris was best known for playing tenor saxophone, though he was also fluent on the electric piano and organ. Harris also came up with the...
George Coleman

George Coleman

male, 74 years old
Funny Valentine, American jazz saxophonist, Hard-bop saxophonist, Mainstream jazz saxophonist, hard bop, alto…Tenor, saxophone, alto saxophone, tenorsaxophone
George Coleman (born March 8, 1935 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American hard bop saxophonist, known chiefly for his work with Miles Davis and...
Kenny G

Kenny G

male, 53 years old
American jazz soprano saxophonist, American jazz alto saxophonist, American jazz tenor saxophonist, Smooth jazz saxophonist, From Seattle, Dance musician…Jazz tenor saxophonist, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenorsaxophone
Kenneth Gorelick (born June 5, 1956), better known by his stage name Kenny G, is an American saxophonist whose fourth album, "Duotones", brought...