Trane, Rollins, Bird, Desmond, Getz, Hawkins and Lester Young are names that are oftened invoked when the subject of great jazz sax players is brought up. Who are some of your favorite, albeit lesser known, sax players and your favorite recording of theirs? As a sax hack, I'll offer the following suggestions to chew on:
Willis 'Gator' Jackson - Call of the Gators Red Holloway - In the Red James Moody - Don't Look Back Now Tina Brooks - True Blue King Curtis - Night Train Serge Chaloff - Blue Serge
This could cause a vessel to bust. It's already chewed up some listening time, but really shouldn't leave out:
Dick Heckstall Smith, (Colosseum) Pablo Garcia, (Kre') Yves Duboin, (Dr. Nerve) Edward Capel, (Blast) Naruyoshi Kikuchi, (Tipographica) Dave Newhouse, (Muffins) Gary Windo Mike Osborne Alan Skidmore Ted Nash Hakon Kornstad Tore Brunborg, (Jon Balke, Masquelero)
One of my favorites over the last 50 years is Lennie Niehaus. Made some excellent recordings for Contemporary Records in the 50s which have been released on CDs. Lennie lead small groups and spent some time as the Alto Saxophone lead with Stan Kenton. Lately, he composed the sound track for "Bird" and other films.
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