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Miguel Zenón

Miguel Zenón is a Puerto Rican alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator born in 1976. His music combines mod...

Contemporary Jazz Latin Jazz Alto

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Joe Harriott

Joe Harriott was a Jamaican-born British jazz alto saxophonist and composer. In the late 1950s, he developed an original...

Free Jazz British Jazz Caribbean

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Greg Osby

Greg Osby is an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer who co-founded the M-Base collective in Brooklyn during the...

American Contemporary M Base Jazz

7.8 Good

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Peter King

Peter King was a British alto saxophonist, born in 1940, who became a prominent figure in modern British jazz. His playi...

British Jazz Bebop Mainstream

7.8 Good

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Courtney Pine

Courtney Pine is a British jazz musician and saxophonist who was a central figure in the British jazz scene during the 1...

Contemporary Tenor British Jazz

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Andy Sheppard

Andy Sheppard is a British jazz saxophonist and composer who performs primarily on the tenor and soprano saxophones. Ris...

Contemporary Tenor British Jazz

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Zbigniew Namyslowski

Zbigniew Namyslowski was a Polish jazz musician, composer, and bandleader, born in 1939 and known primarily as an alto s...

Polish Contemporary European Jazz

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Tommy Smith

Tommy Smith is a Scottish jazz saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator, born in Edinburgh in 1967. Primarily ass...

Contemporary Tenor British Jazz

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Tim Garland

Tim Garland is a British jazz saxophonist, bass clarinetist, composer, and bandleader, born in 1966. He has performed an...

Contemporary Tenor British Jazz

7.5 Good

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David Sanborn

David Sanborn is an American alto saxophonist whose energetic and blues-inflected playing style brought him widespread c...

American Jazz Smooth Jazz Fusion

7.4 Good

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Julian Arguelles

Julian Argüelles is a prominent British jazz saxophonist and composer born in 1966, recognized for his significant contr...

Contemporary British Jazz Post Bop

7.4 Good

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Soweto Kinch

Soweto Kinch is a British alto saxophonist, rapper, and broadcaster who fuses jazz improvisation with hip-hop lyricism,...

Contemporary British Jazz Hip Hop Jazz

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Tia Fuller

Tia Fuller is an American jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer, and educator who served as a featured soloist in Beyoncé'...

American Contemporary Jazz Post Bop

7.3 Good

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Lakecia Benjamin

Lakecia Benjamin is an American jazz alto saxophonist born in New York in 1981. Her musical style frequently blends trad...

American Contemporary Jazz Funk

7.3 Good

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Elton Dean

Elton Dean (1945–2006) was a British alto saxophonist and saxello player best known for his tenure with the progressive...

Jazz Rock British Jazz Alto

7.3 Good

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Alan Barnes

Alan Barnes is a British jazz multi-instrumentalist, born in 1959, recognized for his highly proficient performances on...

British Jazz Mainstream Alto

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Stan Sulzmann

Stan Sulzmann is a British jazz saxophonist and flutist born in 1948 who has been an active and influential figure in th...

Contemporary Tenor British Jazz

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Barbara Thompson

Barbara Thompson (1944-2022) was a British jazz saxophonist and composer known for her work across multiple saxophones....

Contemporary British Jazz Fusion

7.1 Good

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Ray Warleigh

Ray Warleigh was an Australian-born British jazz musician, best known as an alto saxophonist and flutist. Born in 1938,...

British Jazz 1960S Mainstream

7.1 Good

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Don Weller

British tenor saxophonist born 1947, a leading voice in UK jazz who led his own groups and worked alongside Annie Ross a...

Contemporary Tenor British Jazz

7.0 Good