Saxophone players - Walter Bordonaro AKA Walter & Unsafe Sax  The guy can really play the Blues. Check him out myspace (Walter & Unsafe Sax)

He had the great guitarist Joe Walsh in his band before he became ...

Clarence Clemons  Just have a listen. E-street band is awsome!

Kenny G and Dave Sanborn  When I progressed to the sax (alto) from the flute, Kenny and Dave were the first ones that pulled on my 'heart strings'. That was 28 years ago.
I'...

Gato Barbieri  One of the best sax and trumpet players world wide of all times

Clarence Clemons  The Saxaphone player and long term member of the E Street Band.

Saxophone players - Manu Dibango  Manu Dibango is one of the best saxophone player alive. Born in 1933, he started playing sax at the age of 16, and is still around.

He spent all of ...

Stanley Turrentine  Because he was amazing.Played with Art Blakey early in his career,then mostly as a leader.
His best recordings (in my opinion) are from the early '60s....

Saxophone players - Kenny G  He can play that sax from the lowest low's to the highest high's with such great intensity and passion!

Famous saxophone players - Lenny Pickett  Lenny is the current SNL band leader and was part of Tower of Power for a decade, and he does his own compositions with his own unique sound.

Aside ...

Saxophone Players - Art Pepper  I think Art Pepper should be on the list because he escaped the powerful, dominant influence of Charlie Parker in the 1950s and he created his own sound....

Saxophone Players - Benny Carter  superb tone. Excellent technique. A most lyrical improvisor. Plus he was a succesful composer and arranger in his own right.

Saxophone Players - Candy Dulfer  How about Candy Dulfer, the Dutch female player? She learned from her father Hans Dulfer, himself quite accomplished as a saxophone player.

She sometimes ...

Saxophone Players - Sam Butera   Sam Butera played with Louie Prima. One of the best sax players ever. He passed away little over a year ago. He needs to be on this list. Thank you

Saxophone Players - Butch Thomas  Conrad ?Butch? Thomas may be new to the charts in the United States, but
he?s no neophyte to the global music industry. His career spans over 20 years ...

Saxophone Players - paul desmond  the ease with which he comes in and out of melodic riffs.

Clarence Clemens- the E street band  He is a great sax player, but also for sheer notoriety! The big man is on the sax!

Saxophone players  Some other guys I have heard:

Theo Travis

Joshua Redman

Butch Thomas

Jeremy Shoham



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Saxophone Players - Clarence Clemons  Clarence Clemons should be on the list. He's Bruce Springsteen's Big Man. A Legend!!

Saxophone Players - Phil Woods  Phil Woods should be added to your list of sax greats. Grammy award winner for "Showboat" album, Downbeat awards and others.

A truly great alto player....

Saxophone Players - Kenny G.  I think that Kenny G.should be on your list of sax players because his ability to play the instrument is uncanny to me.