Bill Evans

Bill Evans

male
from DuPage County, Illinois, Jazz tenor saxophonist, North Texas State University, American, jazz, william paterson university…saxophone
Bill Evans (born February 9, 1958 in Clarendon Hills, Illinois) is an American jazz saxophonist. He plays primarily tenor and soprano saxophones....
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…saxophone
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...
McCoy Tyner

McCoy Tyner

male, 70 years old
Modal jazz pianist, STACCATO, Pennsylvania musician, Mainstream jazz pianist, Post-bop pianist, Hard-bop pianist…saxophone
Alfred McCoy Tyner (born December 11 1938) is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, best known for his work with the John Coltrane...
Anthony Braxton

Anthony Braxton

male, 64 years old
Roosevelt University alumni, saxophonist, music educator, Clarinettist, multi-instrumentalist, Clarinetist…baritone saxophone, sopranino saxophone, contrabass saxophone, bass saxophone, saxophone
Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945 in Chicago) is an American composer, saxophonist, clarinettist, flautist, and pianist. He has created a large...
Van Morrison

Van Morrison

male, 64 years old
Brown Eyed Girl, Grammy Award winner, golden record, Bridget Jones' Diary Soundtrack, Sounds of the Seventies, georgia on my mind…saxophone
Van Morrison was born in Belfast in 1945, the son of a shipyard worker who collected American blues and jazz records. Van grew up listening to the...
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, saxophone
Eric Allan Dolphy (June 20, 1928 - June 29, 1964) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, flautist and bass clarinetist. Dolphy was one of several...
Joe Henderson

Joe Henderson

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

Lee Konitz

male, 82 years old
cool jazz, American jazz alto saxophonist, key, Alto Saxophonist, tonality, alto saxophone…saxophone
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...
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…saxophone
Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27 1909-September 20 1973) was an influential American jazz tenor saxophonist. Webster, born in Kansas City,...
Albert Ayler

Albert Ayler

male, deceased (1970)
Free jazz saxophonist, Avant-garde saxophonist, American jazz saxophonist, Ohio musician, death by drowning, American…saxophone
Albert Ayler was an American jazz saxophonist, singer and composer.