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Stan Getz
Stan Getz 1927-91, American jazz tenor saxophonist, b. Philadelphia, Pa., as Stanley Gayetsky. As a mature musician he was especially known for his "cool" jazz style. He began playing as a teenager in Jack Teagarden's band, later appearing with bandleading greats Stan Kenton, Jimmy Dorsey, Benn... Read more
Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman 1930-, African-American saxophonist and composer, b. Fort Worth, Tex. Largely self-taught, he began playing the alto saxophone in rhythm-and-blues bands. He later developed an unorthodox and impassioned style of free jazz characterized by broken rhythms, atonal harmonies, and impr... Read more
John Coltrane
John Coltrane , 1926-67, American jazz musician, b. Hamlet, N.C. He began playing tenor saxophone as an adolescent. Coltrane worked with numerous big bands before emerging in the mid-1950s as a major stylist while playing as a sideman with Miles Davis . Originally influenced by Lester Young , Colt... Read more
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton 1908?-2002, African-American vibraphonist and bandleader, b. Louisville, Ky. When his family moved to Chicago c.1916, the young Hampton began playing drums in a newsboys' band. He moved to Los Angeles as a teenager and became a drummer in saxophonist Les Hite's band. Encouraged by Lo... Read more
Garson Kanin
Garson Kanin , 1912-99, American director and writer, b. Rochester, N.Y.; grad. American Academy of Dramatic Arts, 1933. He worked as a saxophonist, comedian, and actor before becoming (1935) an assistant to director George Abbott . During the following years he wrote or directed more than 30 plays... Read more
Ástor Pantaleón Piazzolla
Ástor Pantaleón Piazzolla 1921-92, Argentinian composer and player of the bandoneón (a large accordionlike instrument), b. Mar del Plata. He spent much of his childhood in New York, returned (1937) to Argentina, and in the 1950s studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. He becam... Read more
Larry Rivers
Larry Rivers 1923-2002, American artist, b. New York City as Yitzroch Loisa Grossberg. Originally a jazz saxophonist, he turned to art in the 1940s. Reacting against abstract expressionism , Rivers turned to the figure, as in his 1954 series of nude studies, including Double Portrait of Birdie. ... Read more
Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins (Theodore Walter Rollins), 1930-, African-American tenor saxophonist and composer, b. New York City. A master of jazz improvisation, Rollins is known for his rich tone, emotional depth, and inventive use of melody, harmony, and rhythm. From 1949 to 1954 he was a sideman on recordings ... Read more
Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis , 1961-, American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer, b. New Orleans. Born into a distinguished jazz family, he studied classical music at the Juilliard School in New York. He joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers at 18 and rapidly acquired a reputation for brilliant technique and out... Read more
William Jefferson Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton (born 1946) won the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 1992 and then defeated incumbent George Bush to become the 42nd president of the United States. He was re-elected to a second term in 1996 William Jefferson (Bill) Clint... Read more

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Miles Davis
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...featuring, in addition to Miles, baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan, alto saxophonist Lee Konitz, and pianist Al Haig. A highly...later, a sextet, with the addition of alto saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley) that featured...
Getz, Stan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...the years after World War II, tenor saxophonist Stan Getz (1927–1991...admirer of Lester Young, the great saxophonist whose singing melodic lines did much...while he was in need of a fix, and saxophonist Zoot Sims, in an interview quoted by...
Thelonious Monk
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...talked: He and his peers—saxophonist Charlie Parker, trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie...Davis, drummer Max Roach, and tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins—were known...son, Thelonious Monk, Jr., tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse, and others. According...
Lester Willis Young
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...stylists, a startlingly innovative tenor saxophonist whose approach was marked by finesse...Minneapolis in 1920; there he married a woman saxophonist and formed a family band, in which...voice. The band's other superb tenor saxophonist, Herschel Evans, had a heavier, Coleman...
Zawinul, Joe
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...stylistically significant interactions with saxophonist Julian “Cannonball”...x201D; By 1952 he was backing Austrian saxophonist Hans Keller and touring Germany and...popular African-American styles. The saxophonist, spotting how quickly the Austrian...
Mingus, Charles
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...future jazz greats Dexter Gordon, a saxophonist, and Chico Hamilton, a drummer, in...Young, a drummer and brother of noted saxophonist Lester Young. The following year...Coast, Mingus discovered the music of saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker, which influenced...
Coltrane, John
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History Coltrane, John (1926–1967), jazz saxophonist and leader in the “hard bop” style...joined Miles Davis 's quintet in 1955. He became the saxophonist in the quartet of Thelonious Monk (1917–...
Ray Charles
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...and began his musicianship as a pianist and clarinetist/saxophonist. His blindness required that he exercise his formidable...and-blues bands, working as a pianist, clarinetist, saxophonist, arranger, and composer. As a singer, Charles was early...
Akiyoshi, Toshiko
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...amazed to see an Oriental woman playing jazz." She soon met saxophonist Charlie Mariano while playing in a quartet. They fell in...divorced Mariano, and now she met Lew Tabackin, a Jewish saxophonist and flautist. Marrying in 1969, the couple formed a group...
Blakey, Art
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...with Eckstine, during which he and his bandmates—saxophonist Charlie Parker, trumpeters Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie...New York with a quintet that included pianist Horace Silver, saxophonist Lou Dona

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Haden, Charlie
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...with West Coast leaders, including the saxophonist Art Pepper and pianists Hampton Hawes...whose quintet he met the iconoclastic saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman. Haden...internationally, recording with the Norwegian saxophonist Jan Gabarek and the Brazilian guitarist...
Davis, Miles
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...young electric jazz band featuring the saxophonist Kenny Garrett. He made two major appearances...met trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, the chief proponents...His band that featured Coltrane, alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, and pianist Bill...
Zawinul, Joe
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...Garner, Zawinul worked with Austrian saxophonist Hans Koller in 1952, then led his own...s band, into which he helped induct saxophonist Wayne Shorter. While employed by Ferguson...accompanied mainstream musicians, including saxophonist Ben Webster, in traditional jazz piano...
jazz
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...trombonists Kid Ory and Jack Teagarden, the saxophonist Sidney Bechet, the pianists Jelly Roll...needed. The dominant player was the alto saxophonist Charlie Parker (1920–55...Gillespie (trumpeter), Stan Getz (tenor saxophonist), and Kenny Clarke and Max Roach...
Jarrett, Keith
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...youth-oriented quartet headed by the saxophonist Charles Lloyd from 1967 to 1970. Jarrett...Charlie Haden, drummer Paul Motian, and saxophonist Dewey Redman, he turned exclusively...occasion, a string orchestra with the saxophonist Jan Gabarek. Jarrett disbanded his...
Scofield, John
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...Haden, drummer Jack DeJohnette, and saxophonist Joe Lovano (who continued in his quartet...acoustic guitar exclusively; tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter is his other principal...his sensibility he also drew on for saxophonist Joe Henderson's albums So Near, So...
Hancock, Herbie
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...school in 1960, one course short of graduation, to accompany saxophonist Coleman Hawkins in a Chicago engagement. By 1962 he was...Music: Live at Massey Hall (2002), a collaboration with saxophonist Michael Brecker and trumpeter Roy Hargrove. True to form...
Rollins, Sonny
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...taught. He absorbed the jazz language of neighbors such as saxophonist Coleman Hawkins and pianist Bud Powell, with whom he made...trombonist J. J. Johnson, trumpeter Miles Davis, alto saxophonist Jackie McLean, and vibist Milt Jackson — all of...
Marsalis, Branford
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...playing. Among his peers, he is the most recognizable jazz saxophonist in the world, having led a house band on The Tonight Show...other members of his generation, such as Wynton and the saxophonist Joshua Redman, Marsalis's early playing drew on classic...
Metheny, Pat
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...guitarists John Scofield and Bill Frisell, iconoclasts such as saxophonist/theorist Ornette Coleman and discontinuous improviser Derek...an inspired collaboration with innovative composer/saxophonist Ornette Coleman, is the cornerstone of his credibility with...

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SAXOPHONIST LALAMA TO WAIL AT DAZZLE DRUMMER ROMAINE TO BACK POST-BOP SOLOIST, SIDEMAN.(Spotlight)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 12/10/2004; 700+ words ; ...drummer Paul Romaine presents tenor saxophonist Ralph Lalama. The Pennsylvania-born...Along with his big-band efforts, the saxophonist worked with organ man Jack McDuff and...worked and recorded with fellow tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano, and he's continued issuing...
FOR SAXOPHONIST LLOYD, THE SEARCH STILL MATTERS.(Spotlight)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 11/11/2005; 700+ words ; ...in 1990, I wrote about what drives saxophonist-flutist Charles Lloyd in an article...later. The Memphis, Tenn.-born saxophonist first gained wide attention when he...Lloyd's life, but by the 1990s the saxophonist had recovered and jumped back into the...
g whiz; Saxophonist Kenny G is the best selling instrumentalist of all time. This weekend, he'll share the stage with the sexiest new voice to emerge in the '90s: Toni Braxton.(VARIETY)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 1/11/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...G began pursuing Toni Braxton. The saxophonist finally met the singer at a party thrown...of soul and sensitivity," said the saxophonist, who will collaborate with her onstage...but changed his mind, G said. So the saxophonist asked Babyface to sing it. The tune...
Quite a year for saxophonist Henderson
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 5/21/1993; ; 700+ words ; Saxophonist Joe Henderson is in the midst of one...top honors for the album and as tenor saxophonist and musician of the year in the critics...brings his own quintet, featuring saxophonist Craig Handy, to the Regattabar, Charles...
JULIUS HEMPHILL, 57; JAZZ SAXOPHONIST.(CAPITAL REGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 4/4/1995; 700+ words ; ...Times NEW YORK Julius Hemphill, the saxophonist and composer who helped to found the...extraordinarily evocative composer and saxophonist. His compositions and arrangements...into something profound. As an alto saxophonist he had absorbed the lessons of Ornette...
Saxophonist Zenon shines new light on improvisation
Newspaper article from: Columbia Daily Tribune; 11/6/2008; ; 638 words ; Alto saxophonist Miguel Zenon plays compositions that...modern, engaging, well-trained saxophonist with a great gift for improvisation...before, as a secondary player in tenor saxophonist David Sanchez's quintet two years...
JAZZBEAT; UPCOMING ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM FEATURES SAXOPHONIST
Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News; 2/16/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...its second week this year with alto saxophonist Steve Wilson conducting seminars and...will be teaching. This is also the saxophonist's second go-round; he was in Mulgrew...crowd favorite being a feature for alto saxophonist Aaron Holbrook, who effortlessly ran...
FOR SAXOPHONIST, MUSIC CAPTURES THE ANGUISH, SPIRIT LEFT FROM SEPT. 11
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/24/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...happened. Lloyd, the legendary tenor saxophonist who came up playing hard bop and avant...guitarist Sangeeta Michael Berardi and saxophonist Joe Giardullo. For adventurous ears...Smile" (Blue Note), Framingham alto saxophonist Willie Sordillo's ensemble album...
Cuban saxophonist speaks language of jazz
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 5/23/2006; 700+ words ; ...town. Times two. The Cuban-born saxophonist heats up a stage at next month's Jazz...Duran are musical friends, and the saxophonist doesn't rule out the chance of a musical...You just need talent," he said. The saxophonist has been busy performing, heading to...
Gospel's premiere saxophonist, Angella Christie serenades President
Newspaper article from: Tennessee TRIBUNE, The; 11/6/1996; 700+ words ; ...06-1996 Gospel's premiere saxophonist, Angella Christie serenades President...Bill. Gospel's premiere female saxophonist, Angella Christie serenades President...Christie, the first female saxophonist released in the gospel music genre...