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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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Booker Ervin

Booker Ervin was an American jazz tenor saxophonist recognized for his robust, blues-inflected hard bop style. Originall...

American Tenor Jazz Blues

8.1 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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Clifford Jordan

Clifford Jordan (1931-1993) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist born in Chicago. Emerging during the hard bop era, he...

American Chicago Tenor Jazz

7.9 Good

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Harold Land

Harold Land was an American tenor saxophonist whose warm, controlled tone became associated with hard bop and West Coast...

American Tenor Jazz West Coast

7.9 Good

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Von Freeman

Von Freeman (1922-2012) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist closely associated with Chicago, where he became a respec...

American Chicago Tenor Jazz

7.9 Good

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Bob Berg

Bob Berg was an American jazz tenor saxophonist recognized for his robust, hard-bop and post-bop style. He first gained...

American Tenor Jazz Fusion

7.8 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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Lew Tabackin

Lew Tabackin is an American jazz musician known for both tenor saxophone and flute. Born in 1940, he co-led the Toshiko...

American Tenor Jazz Mainstream

7.7 Good

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Steve Grossman

Steve Grossman was an American jazz saxophonist who played tenor and soprano saxophone and worked in post-bop, hard bop,...

American Tenor Jazz Hard Bop

7.7 Good

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Gary Smulyan

Gary Smulyan is an American jazz musician, born in 1956, whose primary instrument is the baritone saxophone. He has been...

American Jazz Hard Bop Mainstream

7.6 Good

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Houston Person

Houston Person is an American tenor saxophonist, born in 1934, whose playing is associated with soul jazz, hard bop, and...

American Tenor Jazz Mainstream

7.5 Good

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Junior Cook

Junior Cook (1934–1992) was an American tenor saxophonist best known for his tenure in Horace Silver's quintet from 1958...

American Tenor Jazz Hard Bop

7.4 Good

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Ernie Watts

Ernie Watts is an American alto and tenor saxophonist born in 1945. He won two Grammy Awards for his instrumental perfor...

American Studio Tenor Jazz

7.4 Good

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Vincent Herring

Vincent Herring is an American alto saxophonist born in 1964 who established himself as a leading voice in hard bop and...

American Jazz Hard Bop Mainstream

7.4 Good

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Ronnie Cuber

Ronnie Cuber (1941–2022) was an American baritone saxophonist renowned for his commanding tone and contributions to hard...

American Jazz Hard Bop Mainstream

7.4 Good

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Ricky Ford

Ricky Ford is an American jazz tenor saxophonist born in 1954 in Boston, Massachusetts. He came to prominence in the lat...

American Tenor Jazz Post Bop

7.3 Good

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Joel Frahm

Joel Frahm is an American jazz tenor saxophonist recognized for his technical fluency and versatile playing style. Born...

American Contemporary Tenor Jazz

7.2 Good

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Harold Vick

Harold Vick was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and session musician whose career spanned from the 1960s until his de...

American Tenor Jazz Hard Bop

7.2 Good

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Pete Christlieb

Pete Christlieb is an American jazz tenor saxophonist born in 1945, recognized for his robust tone and mainstream jazz i...

American Tenor Jazz West Coast

7.1 Good