swap_horiz John Handy Alternatives

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Lee Konitz

Lee Konitz was an American alto saxophonist and a prominent figure in the cool jazz movement of the 1940s and 1950s. He...

American Jazz Cool Alto

9.1 Excellent

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Henry Threadgill

Henry Threadgill is an American composer, saxophonist, flutist, and bandleader associated with experimental jazz and Chi...

American Avant Garde Jazz Alto

8.9 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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Julius Hemphill

Julius Arthur Hemphill was an American jazz composer and saxophonist known for his work on the alto saxophone. In 1976,...

American Avant Garde Jazz Alto

8.3 Great

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Tubby Hayes

Edward Brian 'Tubby' Hayes was a British jazz multi-instrumentalist, best known as a tenor saxophonist and vibraphonist....

Tenor British Jazz 1960S

8.3 Great

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James Moody

James Moody was an American jazz saxophonist and flautist, recognized primarily for his work on the tenor and alto saxop...

American Tenor Jazz Bebop

8.2 Great

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Lou Donaldson

Lou Donaldson is an American jazz alto saxophonist known for his blues-drenched playing and significant contributions to...

American Jazz Hard Bop Soul Jazz

8.1 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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Oliver Lake

Oliver Lake is an American avant-garde jazz alto and soprano saxophonist, flutist, and composer. In the late 1960s, he c...

American Avant Garde Jazz Alto

8.1 Great

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Arthur Blythe

Arthur Blythe was an American jazz alto saxophonist known for his distinctive, keening tone and versatility across both...

American Avant Garde 1970S Jazz

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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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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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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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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Matana Roberts

Matana Roberts is an American alto saxophonist, composer, improviser, and interdisciplinary artist from Chicago. Roberts...

American Avant Garde Experimental Jazz

7.8 Good

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Sonny Criss

Sonny Criss was an American jazz alto saxophonist who lived from 1927 to 1977 and developed his career largely on the We...

American Jazz West Coast Hard Bop

7.7 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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Bunky Green

Bunky Green is an American jazz alto saxophonist and educator recognized for his distinctive, harmonically advanced appr...

American Chicago Jazz Hard Bop

7.2 Good