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,...
Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

male, deceased (1955)
musician, Jazz alto saxophonist, birdland, jazz, Bebop saxophonist, saxophonist
Charles "Bird" Parker, Jr. (August 29, 1920 - March 12, 1955) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Early in his career Parker was dubbed...
Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

male, 79 years old
Bebop saxophonist, Hard-bop saxophonist, musician, jazz, piano, American…Jazz tenor saxophonist, saxophonist, 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,...
Wayne Shorter

Wayne Shorter

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

Bill Evans

male
from DuPage County, Illinois, Jazz tenor saxophonist, North Texas State University, American, jazz, william paterson university…saxophonist
Bill Evans (born February 9, 1958 in Clarendon Hills, Illinois) is an American jazz saxophonist. He plays primarily tenor and soprano saxophones....
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, saxophonist, Jazz tenor saxophonist, Jazz saxophonist
Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 - March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. He is remembered...
Joe Lovano

Joe Lovano

male, 56 years old
down beat, Post-bop jazz musician, post bop, Joseph Salvatore Lovano, Jazz tenor saxophonist, Sicilian-American…saxophonist
Joseph Salvatore Lovano (born 29 December 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a post bop jazz saxophonist, alto clarinetist, flautist, and drummer. Since...
Joe Henderson

Joe Henderson

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