swap_horiz Paquito D'Rivera 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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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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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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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

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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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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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

8.0 Great

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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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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 Fortune

Sonny Fortune was an American jazz saxophonist and flutist who lived from 1939 to 2018. Best known as an alto saxophonis...

American Jazz Post Bop Soprano

7.8 Good

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Charles McPherson

Charles McPherson is an American jazz alto saxophonist, born in 1939, whose playing is rooted in the bebop tradition ass...

American Jazz Bebop Mainstream

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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Bud Shank

Bud Shank was an American jazz alto saxophonist and flautist who became a prominent figure in the West Coast cool jazz m...

American Jazz Cool West Coast

7.7 Good

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John Handy

John Handy is an American jazz alto saxophonist, singer, and composer known for blending hard bop structures with avant-...

American Jazz 1960S Hard Bop

7.7 Good

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Marion Brown

Marion Brown was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer recognized for his lyrical approach to avant-garde and f...

American Avant Garde Free Jazz Jazz

7.7 Good

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Earl Bostic

Earl Bostic was an American alto saxophonist, bandleader, and arranger whose career connected swing, jazz, rhythm and bl...

American Jazz R&b Swing

7.7 Good

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Hank Crawford

Hank Crawford was an American alto saxophonist, arranger, and bandleader whose work connected jazz, blues, gospel, and r...

American Jazz Soul Jazz Alto

7.7 Good