Great Saxophone Artists and Albums


I'm looking for well recorded masterpiece of saxophone albums. Can you recommend a few artists and their albums. I was familiar with Kenny G's - that was over 10 years ago. Any other different styles and genre of saxophone performers?

Thanks.
r0817

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Excellent recommendation by Gsm18439. The sound of a schooled saxophone quartet bears an uncanny similarity to that of a pipe organ, and while Bach sounds good on just about any instrument, it can sound particularly beautiful played by saxophones (and organ, of course). For more recorded classical genre saxophone listen to:

Ravel- Bolero
Mussorgsky/Ravel- Pictures At An Exibition
Milhaud- Creation Of The World
Glazunov- Concerto
Prokofiev- Romeo And Juliet
Prokofiev- Lt. Kije
Gershwin- An American In Paris
Rachmaninov- Symphonic Dances

Brandford Marsalis also recorded an album of classical works for saxophone "Creation" which includes the Milhaud and is highly recommended.