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  Your Top 5 Sax Players?
Ok jazz heads I know there are tons of Tenor and Alto players out there that can impress you on any given day, but who would qualify to be on your ALLTIME great list of five? I know it is hard to limit it to just five, but that is just to make you think a little harder on who really gets to your heart and soul the most. Some guys had very short careers and others had very long ones with many great recordings of exceptional merit. Some were better live and others were better in the studio, but what we want to know is who could REALLY play? Here are my five.

1. Stan Getz
2. Sony Rollins
3. John Cotrane
4. Sonny Stitt
5. Ben Webster
Eddinanm3  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

10-23-05
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10-24-05   Cannonbal adderly....eddie harris......junior walker....char ...   Jaybo

10-24-05   I think that charlie parker and lester young would have to b ...   Cincy_bob

10-24-05   If we talk about "favorites", then my list include ...   Drubin

10-24-05   William jefferson clinton........lol!   Sugarbrie

10-24-05   John coltrane albert ayler tim berne david s. ware peter bro ...   Ejlif

10-24-05   Just to clarify cincy bobs list, cecil taylor does not play ...   Ejlif

10-24-05   Sorry, that was a slip on my part.   Cincy_bob

10-24-05   Cincy_bob's list is pretty extensive & he's covered almost a ...   Bombaywalla

10-24-05   Lester young, jerry mulligan, charlie parker, james carter, ...   Ohteeel

10-24-05   in no particular order... ornette coleman john coltrane ch ...   Waltersalas

10-24-05   Michael brecker ornette coleman john zorn evan parker ravi c ...   Marakanetz

10-24-05   1. johnny hodges 2. gene ammons 3. stanley turrentine 4. sta ...   Shoff

10-24-05   The five rule is masochistic and it makes otherwise highly d ...   Duanegoosen

10-24-05   Michael brecker,phil woods,don potter,jan garberek,coltrane. ...   Digsmithd

10-25-05   I agree with bombaywalla, that art pepper belongs among the ...   Kana813

10-25-05   Stan sulzman,paul mc,candless,stan turin!dgoosen nice choice ...   Digsmithd

10-25-05   Wow! not an easy task...but if i had a gun put to my head th ...   Siliab

10-25-05   Steve marcus cica 72 with larry coryell call to hiher con,th ...   Digsmithd

10-25-05   All time great has to mean those who were most influential, ...   Frogman

10-25-05: Eddinanm3
While I don't have a problem with smooth jazz or David Sanborn, and using your criteria of most influential and changed the style of saxophone playing how could Stan Getz not be on your list? That is a complete mystery to me.
Eddinanm3  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)


10-25-05   Woods coltrane adderly young joe henderson josh redman and ...   Bojack

10-25-05   What about "bleeding gums murphy" boy can he play ...   Rwjp

10-26-05   Eddinanm3, that's the problem with limiting the list to five ...   Frogman

10-26-05   Here's 5 who are perhaps underappreciated, compared with the ...   Jdoris

10-26-05   There was no shortage of players around to develop strains o ...   Duanegoosen

10-26-05   Well, we've pretty well scoured the roster for the 'five top ...   Islandear

10-26-05   Paul desmond a source in the smooth jazz genre as we define ...   Frogman

10-26-05   Sweet lou donaldson cannonball adderley ike quebec john klem ...   Qdrone

10-26-05   Frogman, it's obvious that you like some great stuff and i ...   Duanegoosen

10-27-05   I'm glad that kenny g is excepted from everyone's lists.   Marakanetz

10-27-05   Yeah kenny g, that begs the question if an artist finds a ni ...   Qdrone

10-27-05   Desmond and klemmer blow me away. klemmer's "eruptions ...   Duanegoosen

10-27-05   Duanegoosen, point well taken; almost. as i see it, edinanm3 ...   Frogman

10-27-05   Yeah but don't forget touch,barefoot ballet and a very under ...   Qdrone

10-28-05: Eddinanm3
Frogman, I like your second list better than your first one, I guess they make more sense to me. And I almost completely forgot about Joe Farrell, I had a couple of his lp's from the 70's, can't remember their names, but they weren't bad.
Eddinanm3  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)


10-28-05   While desmond has been described here as a proponent of 'smo ...   Islandear

10-31-05   My vote goes to: tenor: 1) ben webster 2) lester young 3) jo ...   Jhwalker

11-12-05   From the new york times jazz review | david sanborn a cooll ...   Frogman

11-12-05: Eddinanm3
Yes, I saw Mr. Sanborn about a month and a half ago at Jazz Alley in Seattle and he did a good set, more uptempo than I would have imagined. And while his style and sound has grown on me over the years, I will still never put him in the same boat with Coltrane, Getz or Rollins.
Eddinanm3  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)


11-12-05   Eddinanm3, i don't disagree with you. there is no question t ...   Frogman

11-13-05   John coltrane, eric dolphy, pharoah sanders, ornette coleman ...   Colitas


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