Oliver Nelson

Oliver Nelson

male, deceased (1975)
Oliver Nelson (June 4, 1932 -- October 28, 1975) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinettist, and composer.
Ken Vandermark

Ken Vandermark

male, 45 years old
Ken Vandermark (born September 22, 1964 in Warwick, Rhode Island) is an American jazz composer/arranger and saxophone and clarinet player
Tim Berne

Tim Berne

male, 55 years old
Tim Berne (born 1954) is an American jazz saxophone player and composer. Though Berne was a music fan, he had no interest in playing a musical...
Jimmy Giuffre

Jimmy Giuffre

male, 88 years old
James Peter Giuffre (born in Dallas, Texas, April 26, 1921) is an American jazz composer, arranger and saxophone and clarinet player. Giuffre first...
Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Rahsaan Roland Kirk

male, deceased (1977)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk was a blind American jazz multi-instrumentalist. He was perhaps best known for his ability to play more than one saxophone at...
John Tchicai

John Tchicai

male, 73 years old
John Martin Tchicai (born April 28, 1936) is a Danish jazz saxophonist. He was one of the earliest European free jazz musicians. He is of Danish...
Don Byron

Don Byron

male, 51 years old
Don Byron (born November 8 1958) is a composer, jazz clarinet, bass clarinet and saxophone player. While he is considered a jazz musician, he is...
Frank Wess

Frank Wess

male, 87 years old
Frank Foster-saxophonist and musical director of the Count Basie orchestra-is an interviewer's dream. Candid and articulate, he doesn't even need...
Dewey Redman

Dewey Redman

male, deceased (2006)
Dewey Redman (born Walter Redman in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, May 17, 1931; d. Brooklyn, New York, September 2, 2006) was an American free...
King Curtis

King Curtis

male, deceased (1971)
Curtis Ousley, who performed under the name King Curtis, was an American tenor, alto, and soprano saxophonist who played rhythm and blues, soul,...