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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 ...
Bebop or bop is a style of jazz developed in the early to mid-1940s in the United States. The style features compositions characterized by a fast tempo (usually exceeding 200 bpm), complex chord progressions with rapid chord changes and numerous changes of key, instrumental virtuosity, and improvisation based on a combination of harmonic structure, the use of scales, and occasional references ...
This is a list of jazz musicians by instrument based on existing articles on Wikipedia. Do not enter names that lack articles. ... (born 1940) Jamaaladeen Tacuma ...
In 1978 and 1980, Gordon was the DownBeat Musician of the Year, and in 1980 he was inducted into the Jazz Hall of Fame. The US Government honored him with a Congressional Commendation, a Dexter Gordon Day in Washington DC, and in 1986 the National Endowment for the Arts named him a NEA Jazz Master in recognition of hia Lifetime Achievement. [ 13 ]
Lewis Barry Tabackin (born March 26, 1940) [1] is an American jazz tenor saxophonist and flutist. He is married to pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi with whom he has co-led large ensembles since the 1970s. Biography
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 ...