Favorite Lesser Known Sax Players


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
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Ejlif.. whoa that's some great stuff!!

Here's some more to throw on the fire:

Aaron Bennett, (Go Go Fightmaster)
Edgar Hoffmann, (Embryo)
Kalaparush Maurice McIntyre
Fred Hess
Tobias Delius (The Heron, w/Han Bennink !!!)
David Jackson, (Van der Graaf Generator)
Charles Papasoff
Co Streiff, (Qattara is a good start)
Claudio Fasoli, (Perigeo)
Klaus Doldinger, (early Passport)
Charlie Kohlhase
Johannes Pappert, (Kraan)
Jerry Bergonzi
George Khan (Mirage, Solid Gold Cadillac)
Dave Rempis
Mark Harris, (Thinking Plague)
Steve Coleman
Gary Thomas
Kazutoki Umezu
Gilbert Artman, (Urban Sax)
Jindra Dolansky, (Uz Jsme Doma)
Diego Marion, (Trio Poursuite)
Phil Bancroft, (Trio AAB)
Gianluigi Trovesi
Mark Gilbert, (Chainsaw Jazz, Vector)
Donny McCaslin
Skerik, (Critters Buggin')
Here's some more...

Benny Golson
Norris Turney
Plas Johnson
Ornette Coleman
Curtis Amy
Harry Allen