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B, Baritone; b, Bass; c, Contrabass (or tubax) sc, Subcontrabass; Indicators key: X, instrument has been used by person or group; X, instrument has been used by person or group, but much less often than other X-marked instruments; C, person or group uses a C melody saxophone (either as primary instrument, or in addition to the normal tenor sax)
Hamiet Bluiett, Vision XIII Festival. Hamiet Bluiett (BLUE-et; September 16, 1940 – October 4, 2018) [1] was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer.His primary instrument was the baritone saxophone, and he was considered one of the finest players of this instrument.
Harry Howell Carney (April 1, 1910 – October 8, 1974) was a jazz saxophonist and clarinettist who spent over four decades as a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra. He played a variety of instruments, but primarily used the baritone saxophone, being a critical influence on the instrument in jazz.
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 ...
A category for jazz saxophonists who have baritone saxophone as their primary or sole instrument. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. ...
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Sonny Stitt (born Edward Hammond Boatner Jr.; February 2, 1924 – July 22, 1982) was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom. Known for his warm tone, he was one of the best-documented saxophonists of his generation, recording more than 100 albums.
He is the only person to perform all saxophone parts consecutively in the Duke Ellington Orchestra. [ 2 ] On 26 June 2011, a tribute concert [ 3 ] was held during the Montreal International Jazz Festival to honor and recognize Abdul Al-Khabyyr's contributions to the Montreal jazz scene, as he was long considered the patriarch of Montreal's ...