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Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist (1920–1955)
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (1926–1967)
Stan Getz
American jazz saxophonist (1927–1991)
Dexter Gordon
American jazz saxophonist (1923–1990)
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer (born 1930)
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist (1904–1969)
Paul Desmond
American jazz musician (1924-1977)
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (1929–2024)
Joe Henderson
American jazz saxophonist (1937–2001)
Phil Woods
American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer (1931–2015)
Art Pepper
American saxophonist (1925–1982)
Lou Donaldson
American saxophonist (1926–2024)
Johnny Griffin
American musician (1928–2008)
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader (1926–2020)
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist (1924-1982)
Jimmy Giuffre
American jazz clarinet and saxophone player (1921–2008)
Gene Ammons
American tenor saxophonist (1925–1974)
Lucky Thompson
American jazz saxophonist (1924–2005)
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist (1922–1986)
Jackie McLean
American jazz saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator (1931–2006)
Gilad Atzmon
Israeli-born British jazz musician and author
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader (1928–2011)
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer (1923-2011)
Serge Chaloff
American musician (1923-1957)
Al Cohn
American saxophonist (1925-1988)
Wardell Gray
American musician (1921–1955)
Frank Wess
American saxophonist, flutist, composer and arranger
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist (1922–2004)
Don Byas
American jazz saxophonist (1912–1972)
Harold Land
American musician (1928–2001)
Sahib Shihab
American jazz musician, saxophonist and flutist (1925–1989)
Georgie Auld
Canadian jazz musician (1919-1990)
Paul Gonsalves
American saxophonist and jazz musician (1920-1974)
Charlie Ventura
American musician (1916–1992)
Flip Phillips
American jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player (1915–2001)
Arnett Cobb
American jazz tenor saxophonist (1918-1989)
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist (1922–2007)
Gigi Gryce
American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator (1925–1983)
Buddy Tate
American jazz musician (1913–2001)
Eddie Vinson
American jump blues, jazz, bebop and R&B alto saxophonist and blues shouter (1917–1988)
Ronnie Scott
British jazz saxophonist (1927–1996)
Tony Coe
British jazz musician (saxophones, clarinet, flute) and composer (1934-2023)
Dick Morrissey
British jazz musician (1940–2000)
Sonny Criss
American jazz musician (1927–1977)
Janusz Muniak
Polish jazz saxophonist (1941-2016)
Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
Sonny Red
American jazz saxophonist and composer (1932–1981)
Jesper Thilo
Danish jazz musician
Hadley Caliman
American saxophonist (1932-2010)
Jack Sels
Belgian musician (1922-1970)
Tubby Hayes
British jazz musician (1935-1973)
Vi Redd
American jazz altosaxophonist, singer and educator (1928–2022)
Herbie Steward
American musician (1926–2003)
Aaron Sachs
American musician (1923-2014)
Shafi Hadi
American jazz saxophonist (1929–1976)
Pete Christlieb
American musician
Ron Holloway
American tenor saxophonist
Gabe Baltazar
American musician (1929–2022)
Allen Eager
American musician (1927–2003)
Joe Harriott
Jamaican jazz musician (1928–1973)