Saxophonist

A saxophonist is a musician who plays the saxophone.

Famous saxophonists include:

• Albert Ayler
• Anthony Braxton
• Sidney Bechet
• Michael Brecker
• Benny Carter
• Ornette Coleman
• John Coltrane
• Lol Coxhill
• Dexter Gordon
• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
• Paul Desmond
• Lou Donaldson
• Wardell Gray
• Coleman Hawkins
• Johnny Hodges
• Illinois Jacquet
• Rahsaan Roland Kirk
• Steve Lacy
• Jackie McLean
• Marcel Mule
• Charlie Parker ("Bird")
• Evan Parker
• Maceo Parker
• Adolphe Sax
• Sonny Stitt
• Frankie Trumbauer ("Tram")
• Eddie Vinson ("Cleanhead")
• Rudy Weidoeft
• Lester Young ("Prez")
• John Zorn

Sax players in fiction:

• Bleeding Gums Murphy
• Lisa Simpson
• McClintic Sphere