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A:

Pepper Adams (baritone)
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (1928-1975), (alto)
Eric Alexander (born 1968), (tenor)
Gene "Jug" Ammons (1925-1974), (tenor)
Gilad Atzmon
Albert Ayler, (1936-1970), (alto, tenor)

B:

Charlie Barnet
Sidney Bechet, (1897-1959), (soprano)
Chu Berry (tenor)
Anthony Braxton (all saxophones & other instruments)
Michael Brecker (tenor)
Peter Brötzmann (alto, tenor, bass)
Wes Burden (soprano, alto)
Don Byas (tenor)

C:

Kris Campos (tenor)
Paulo Carcamo (tenor, guitar)
Harry Carney (baritone)
James Carter (all saxes - from soprano to bass)
Luciano Caruso (soprano)
Jeff Coffin (born 1965) (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, & other woodwinds)
Al Cohn (tenor)
Ornette Coleman, (born 1930), (alto)
Steve Coleman (alto)
John Coltrane, (1926-1967), (tenor, soprano, flute)
Gerard Cornielje, (born 1962), (alto, tenor)

D:

William H. Daniels V (alto)
Paul Desmond, (1924-1977), (alto)
Eric Dolphy, (1928-1964), (alto, flute, clarinet)
Paquito D'Rivera, (alto)
Candy Dulfer (alto)
Hans Dulfer (tenor)

E:

Richard Elliot (tenor)
Booker Ervin (tenor)

F:

Bud Freeman (tenor)

G:

Jan Garbarek (tenor, soprano)
Kenny Garrett (alto, soprano)
Stan Getz, (1927-1991), (tenor)
Dexter Gordon, (1923-1990), (tenor)
Rocky Gordon (saxello, alto)
Lars Gullin (1928-1976) (baritone)

H:

Scott Hamilton, (1954- ), (tenor)
John Handy, (1933- ), (alto)
Coleman Hawkins, (1904-1969), (tenor)
Johnny Hodges, (1906-1970), (alto)
George Howard, (1956-1998), (soprono, tenor)
Richard C. Howell, (tenor, soprano, alto, baritone)

I & J:

Illonois Jacquet (tenor)
Boney James (tenor, alto, soprano)
Louis Jordan, (1908-1975), (alto)

K:

Tom Keenlyside, all saxes and jazz flute
Peter King (alto, tenor)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk, (1935-1977), (all saxes - including some of his own creation)
Eric Kloss, (1949- ), (alto)
Dave Koz (alto, soprano, tenor, baritone)
Sigurd Køhn (1959-2004), (alto)

L:

Amy Lee (sax) (soprano & alto)
David Liebman (soprano & tenor)
Carlos Lopez (tenor, alto, soprano)
Joe Lovano (tenor)

M:

Branford Marsalis, (born 1960), (tenor, soprano)
Didier Malherbe
Jackie McLean (alto)
Bob Mintzer (tenor)
Dennis Mitcheltree, (born 1964), (jazz musician, jazz composer, tenor, soprano)
Hank Mobley (tenor)
Gerry Mulligan (1927-1996), (baritone)
Mike Murley (tenor, soprano)
David Murray, (born 1955)

N, O & P:

David "Fathead" Newman, (1933-), (tenor)
Charlie Parker, (1920-1955), (alto)
Evan Parker (alto, soprano, tenor)
Maceo Parker, (born 1943), (alto)
Art Pepper (alto)
Russell Procope, (1908–1981), (alto)
Courtney Pine (soprano, tenor)

Q:

R:

Boyd Raeburn (bass)
Joshua Redman (tenor)
Chris Rotchester
Adrian Rollini (bass, baritone, goofus)
Sonny Rollins, (born 1930), (tenor)

S:

David Sanborn (alto)
Wayne Shorter (tenor, soprano)
Zoot Sims, (1925-1985), (tenor)
Timothy Solichin, (born 1990), (alto)
Sonny Stitt (alto, tenor)
John Surman (baritone)
Toni Suwandi

T, U & V:

Buddy Tate (tenor)
John Tchicai (alto)
Lucky Thompson (tenor, soprano)
Mark Turner (tenor)
Stanley Turrentine (tenor)

W:

David S. Ware
Grover Washington, Jr., (1943-1999), (tenor)
Ben Webster (tenor)
Juli Wood (tenor)
Phil Woods (alto)

X, Y & Z:

Lester Young, (born 1909), (tenor)
John Zorn (born 1953, alto)

See also: List of saxophonists

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