Who are the most famous saxophone players of all times?
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• John Coltrane
• Coleman Hawkins
• Lester Young
• Charlie Parker
• Sonny Rollins
• Candy Dulfer
• Jan Garbarek
• Grover Washington Jr.
• Mindi Abair
• David Sanborn
• Dave Koz
Learn more about them at the site below:
http://www.saxophone-players-guide.com/famous-saxophone-players.html
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M$There are several websites where you can get information about famous saxophone players. Some of them are given below:
http://www.saxman.co.nz/sax-players.htm - This link has a handful of famous saxophone musicians. Most of these articles associated with these musicians have been sourced from Wikipedia. But there is some mention of famous pieces composed by them
Wikipedia and www.philbrodieband.com have a large list of saxophone players. You can access the lists at these links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_saxophonists - Biographies of saxophone players can be accessed from this link by clicking on their name.
http://www.philbrodieband.com/muso_solos_saxophonists.htm - A list of the 100 greatest saxophone players can be got here. Biographies of some players are included.
The best source for information on saxophone players is the www.allmusic.com website where you can explore biographies of saxophone players. Here the biographies are arranged according to the type of saxophone they used. Each famous saxophone player featured here also has a section devoted to the albums they released, so it is a good source if you are looking for explanations for certain musical pieces. One example of a biography from this website is that of John Coltrane: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/john-coltrane-p65851/biography
http://www.allmusic.com/album/giant-steps-r136918 - Review of one of John Coltrane’s albums
Some other good links from this website:
http://www.allmusic.com/explore/instrument/saxophone-d1584/artists
http://www.allmusic.com/explore/instrument/sax-baritone-d1586/artists
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