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1. www.udiscovermusic.com › 50-best-jazz-saxophonistsBest Jazz Saxophonists Of All Time: A Top 50 Countdown ...

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   Feb 2, 2024 · 43: Joe Lovano (born 1952) The youngest-born entry among the world’s best jazz saxophonists, Ohio-born Lovano can play a clutch of different instruments, though his name is synonymous with the ...

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3. www.classical-music.com › features › jazzRanked: best jazz saxophonists of all time - Classical Music

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   The best jazz saxophonist of all time. 1. John Coltrane (1926-1967) Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. Leading our list of best jazz saxophonists is a name you will surely know. It’s hard to convey the impact John Coltrane’s My Favorite Things made on its release in 1961. The title track caused a sensation.

4. jazzvalley.com › famous-jazz-saxophonists10 of the Most Famous Saxophone Players in History - Jazz Valley

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   • Sidney Bechet (soprano saxophone) Lived: 1897 – 1959. Starting out as a clarinettist, Bechet was regarded as one of the first major jazz soloists, making his earliest important recordings a few months prior to Louis Armstrong.
   • Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone) Lived: 1907 – 1970. Johnny Hodges will forever be remembered as having one of the most beautiful alto saxophone sounds in jazz.
   • Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone) Lived: 1904 – 1967. It is perhaps to conceive of the modern language for saxophone if it had not been for the example and standards set by Coleman Hawkins.
   • Lester Young (tenor saxophone) Lived: 1909 – 1959. Young is the complete opposite to Coleman Hawkins, the other great tenor stylist of the thirties. Whereas Hawkins was musically well educated, Lester Young learned to play various instruments in the family band before settling on the tenor saxophone and was unable to read music.

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   • John Coltrane. Arguably the most famous tenor saxophone player in history, John Coltrane was a relentless practiser who never stopped searching and striving to develop as an artist.
   • Charlie Parker. Few people have changed the vocabulary of jazz as drastically as iconic alto saxophone player Charlie Parker. In fact, few musicians have proved so influential as the Kansas City-born player who was at the forefront of the bebop movement in New York in the mid-1940s.
   • Sonny Rollins. Sonny Rollins’s tenor saxophone playing is marked by a supreme swagger and incredible rhythmic confidence. A famed in-the-moment improviser, he is capable developing a simple melodic motif through a seemingly limitless number of variations without the well of ideas running dry.
   • Ornette Coleman. Alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman sent shockwaves through the jazz world when his quartet arrived in New York in 1959 with a much-discussed residency at The Five Spot.

6. www.bbc.com › news › entertainment-arts-58112962Nubya Garcia: The British sax star who is jazzing up the BBC ...

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   Aug 17, 2021 · Getty Images. Nubya Garcia is a north London jazz musician, composer, bandleader and DJ. For UK jazz saxophonist Nubya Garcia, the summer of 2021 will forever be one to remember. Last month, the ...

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   Bechet is the only saxophonist on this list who was born in the 18th century, and he holds the distinction of being the only significant saxophonist in jazz. 24. Eric Dolphy (1928-1964) Dolphy died at a young age (he was 36 when he died of a fatal diabetic coma), but his music’s reverberations can still be felt today.

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   What is a jazz saxophonist?

   • A musician playing the saxophone is one of the most iconic images of jazz music, and one of the genre's most iconic sounds. Here are the best jazz saxophonists ever*... Read the latest reviews of jazz recordings here * In a genre that's defined by individual styles, is it even possible to describe one saxophonist as being 'better' than another?

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   • Unique among the world’s best jazz saxophonists, Rivers was a multi-talented instrumentalist who played bass clarinet, flute, and piano besides excelling on tenor and soprano saxophones. He appeared on many jazz fans’ radar when he played with Miles Davis in 1964.

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   • The saxophone, like the trumpet, remains an iconic instrument in jazz, and one that, through its indelible musical associations, has become totally synonymous with the genre. If you’d like to add to your jazz collection, head over to the Jazz Center Stage store today for the latest vinyl, CD and jazz merch.

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   Who was the first jazz saxophonist?

   • Sidney Bechet was the first jazz saxophonist to become famous. In fact, he was the first jazz artist to popularize the saxophone. One of the earliest players on this list, his skill as a soloist cannot be understated. Only Louis Armstrong rivaled Bechet for solo supremacy in the early days of jazz.

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   Who was the father of jazz saxophone?

   • Hawk, or Bean as he was also sometimes nicknamed, was the father of jazz saxophone: remarkably it was not really considered a jazz instrument until his emergence in the 1920s.

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   • In Parker’s wake came a raft of virtuoso jazz saxophonists during the 50s, including tenor heavyweights Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, and John Coltrane, all of whom took saxophone playing to new, higher, levels of artistry while pushing jazz ever forwards.

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   May 19, 2010 · When Adolphe Sax made the first saxophone in 1841, he could never have imagined how popular it would become. As the guitar is the main instrument of rock and roll, the saxophone is seen by many to be the main instrument of jazz. Its players have frequently been some of the most progressive and experimental musicians in history. While some would argue that the trumpet is the most important ...