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Jazz saxophonists are musicians who play various types of saxophones (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone etc.) in jazz and its associated subgenres. The techniques and instrumentation of this type of performance have evolved over the 20th century, influenced by both movements of musicians that became the subgenres and by particularly influential sax players who helped reshape ...
Jazz. Dick Stabile: 1909-1980 X Swing: Hal Stein: 1928-2008 X X Jazz: Herbie Steward: 1926-2003 X: X Jazz: Sonny Stitt: 1924-1982 X X X: Bebop: Vernon Story: 1922-2007 X Bebop: Ira Sullivan: 1931-2020 X X X Jazz: Ed Summerlin: 1928-2006 X Jazz: John Surman: 1944- X X Jazz: Lew Tabackin: 1940- X Jazz: Richard Tabnik: 1952- X Jazz: Buddy Tate ...
Wilton Lewis Felder (August 31, 1940 – September 27, 2015) was an American saxophone and bass player, and is best known as a founding member of the Jazz Crusaders, later known as The Crusaders. Felder played bass on the Jackson 5 's hits " I Want You Back " and " ABC " and on Marvin Gaye 's " Let's Get It On ".
Arthur Murray Blythe (July 5, 1940 – March 27, 2017) [1] was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer. He was described by critic Chris Kelsey as displaying "one of the most easily recognizable alto sax sounds in jazz, big and round, with a fast, wide vibrato and an aggressive, precise manner of phrasing" and furthermore as straddling the avant garde and traditionalist jazz, often with ...
Pages in category "American jazz tenor saxophonists" The following 176 pages are in this category, out of 176 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Evan Shaw Parker (born 5 April 1944) [1] is a British tenor and soprano saxophone player who plays free improvisation. Recording and performing prolifically with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European free jazz and free improvisation. He has pioneered or substantially expanded an array of extended techniques.
31 – Wilton Felder, American saxophone and bass player (died 2015). September. 2 – Mick Pyne, English pianist (died 1995). 3 – James Dapogny, American musicologist, pianist and bandleader (died 2019). 10. Dave Burrell, American pianist. Roy Ayers, American composer and vibraphone player. 12 – John DeFrancesco, American organist and ...
Horn was born in Los Angeles, and after replacing saxophonist Steve Douglas in 1959, he toured with member Duane Eddy for five years, playing sax and flute on the road, and in the recording studio. [2] Along with Bobby Keys and Jim Price he became one of the most in-demand horn session players of the 1970s and 1980s.