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Harry Carney

Harry Carney was an American jazz musician best known for playing the baritone saxophone in the Duke Ellington orchestra...

American Jazz Swing Ellington

9.2 Excellent

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Don Byas

Don Byas was an American tenor saxophonist born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, who established himself in the 1940s swing-era ba...

American Tenor Jazz Swing

8.8 Great

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Sonny Stitt

Sonny Stitt was an American jazz saxophonist who recorded prolifically on both alto and tenor saxophone across a career...

American Tenor Jazz Bebop

8.7 Great

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Gene Ammons

Gene Ammons was an American tenor saxophonist born in Chicago in 1925 and the son of boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons...

American Chicago Tenor Jazz

8.5 Great

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Jimmy Giuffre

Jimmy Giuffre was an American jazz composer, arranger, clarinetist, and saxophonist who lived from 1921 to 2008. He wrot...

American Tenor Jazz Cool

8.5 Great

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Illinois Jacquet

Illinois Jacquet (1922-2004) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist associated with swing, jump blues, and early rhythm...

American Tenor Jazz Swing

8.4 Great

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Dave Liebman

Dave Liebman is an American jazz saxophonist and flautist who plays both the soprano and tenor saxophones. He is highly...

American Contemporary Tenor Jazz

8.3 Great

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Stanley Turrentine

Stanley Turrentine was an American tenor saxophonist who lived from 1934 to 2000 and became closely associated with soul...

American Tenor Jazz Blues

8.3 Great

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Paul Gonsalves

Paul Gonsalves was an American jazz tenor saxophonist who lived from 1920 to 1974 and spent much of his career in Duke E...

American Tenor Jazz Swing

8.1 Great

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Chu Berry

Chu Berry, born Leon Brown Berry in 1908, was an American tenor saxophonist prominent during the swing era. He performed...

American Tenor Jazz 1930S

8.0 Great

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Eddie Davis

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis was an American jazz tenor saxophonist who lived from 1922 to 1986. Known for a forceful, blues-in...

American Tenor Jazz Swing

7.9 Good

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Herschel Evans

Herschel Evans (1909-1939) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist associated most closely with the Count Basie Orchestra...

American Tenor Jazz Swing

7.9 Good

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Frank Wess

Frank Wess was an American jazz musician known primarily as a tenor saxophonist and flutist. He became closely associate...

American Tenor Jazz Flute

7.8 Good

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Arnett Cobb

Arnett Cobb was an American jazz tenor saxophonist born in Houston, Texas, widely recognized for his robust, hard-swingi...

American Tenor Jazz Texas

7.7 Good

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Frank Foster

Frank Foster was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger who lived from 1928 to 2011. He became close...

American Tenor Jazz Hard Bop

7.7 Good

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Flip Phillips

Flip Phillips was an American jazz tenor saxophonist best known for his energetic, hard-driving performances during the...

American Tenor Jazz Swing

7.6 Good

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Bud Freeman

Bud Freeman was an American jazz musician, composer, and bandleader who lived from 1906 to 1991. Primarily known as a te...

American Chicago Tenor Jazz

7.6 Good

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Jimmy Forrest

Jimmy Forrest was an American jazz and rhythm-and-blues tenor saxophonist whose career spanned from the swing era into m...

American Tenor Jazz R&b

7.2 Good

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Harry Allen

Harry Allen is an American jazz tenor saxophonist, born in 1966, whose playing is rooted in swing and mainstream jazz tr...

American Tenor Jazz Swing

7.0 Good

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Seldon Powell

American tenor saxophonist (1928–1997), a versatile New York studio musician who worked extensively with Sy Oliver, Benn...

American Studio Tenor Jazz

6.9 Fair