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Your Favorite Legacy Jazz Saxophonists: Rankings

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This poll closes on March 29, 2024 | Voters: 252

1
John Coltrane
saxophone
2
Wayne Shorter
saxophone
3
Charlie Parker
saxophone, alto
5
Stan Getz
saxophone, tenor
6
Dexter Gordon
saxophone, tenor
7
Paul Desmond
saxophone, alto
8
Lester Young
saxophone
9
Joe Henderson
saxophone
10
Sonny Stitt
saxophone
11
Coleman Hawkins
saxophone, tenor
12
Art Pepper
saxophone, alto
13
Ben Webster
saxophone, tenor
14
Michael Brecker
saxophone, tenor
15
Johnny Hodges
saxophone, alto
16
Ornette Coleman
saxophone, alto
17
Gerry Mulligan
saxophone, baritone
18
Eric Dolphy
woodwinds
19
Stanley Turrentine
saxophone, tenor
20
Hank Mobley
saxophone, tenor
21
Johnny Griffin
saxophone, tenor
22
Jackie McLean
saxophone, alto
23
Phil Woods
saxophone, alto
24
Lee Konitz
saxophone, alto
25
Zoot Sims
saxophone, tenor
26
Pepper Adams
saxophone, baritone
27
28
Pharoah Sanders
saxophone, tenor
29
Charlie Rouse
saxophone, tenor
30
Benny Carter
saxophone, alto
32
Paul Gonsalves
saxophone, tenor
33
Yusef Lateef
woodwinds
34
Gene Ammons
saxophone, tenor
35
Booker Ervin
saxophone, tenor
36
Gato Barbieri
saxophone
37
Sonny Criss
saxophone, alto
38
Jimmy Heath
saxophone, tenor
39
Joe Farrell
saxophone
40
Albert Ayler
saxophone, tenor
41
Dewey Redman
saxophone, tenor
42
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
saxophone, tenor
43
Sam Rivers
saxophone, tenor
44
Eddie Harris
saxophone, tenor
45
Harold Land
saxophone, tenor
46
Arthur Blythe
saxophone, alto
47
Sidney Bechet
saxophone, soprano
48
Sonny Fortune
saxophone, alto
49
Clifford Jordan
saxophone, tenor
50
Oliver Nelson
saxophone
51
James Moody
woodwinds
52
Bud Shank
saxophone
53
Bob Berg
saxophone
54
George Adams
saxophone, tenor
55
Julius Hemphill
saxophone, alto
56
Illinois Jacquet
saxophone, tenor
57
Richie Cole
saxophone, alto
58
Wardell Gray
saxophone, tenor
59
Frank Foster
saxophone
60
Warne Marsh
saxophone, tenor
61
Al Cohn
saxophone, tenor
62
Harry Carney
saxophone, baritone
63
Don Byas
saxophone, tenor
64
Frank Morgan
saxophone, alto
65
Teddy Edwards
saxophone, tenor
66
Tubby Hayes
saxophone, tenor
67
Hank Crawford
saxophone, alto
68
King Curtis
saxophone
69
Jerome Richardson
woodwinds
70
John Gilmore
saxophone, tenor
71
Ronnie Cuber
saxophone
72
Hamiet Bluiett
saxophone, baritone
73
Joe Harriott
saxophone
74
David "Fathead" Newman
saxophone, tenor
75
Steve Lacy
saxophone, soprano
76
Flip Phillips
saxophone, tenor
77
Charlie Mariano
saxophone, alto
78
Joseph Jarman
saxophone
79
Ike Quebec
saxophone, tenor
80
Gerry Niewood
saxophone
81
Marion Brown
saxophone, alto
82
Earl Bostic
saxophone, alto
83
John Tchicai
saxophone
84
Lucky Thompson
saxophone
85
Frank Wess
saxophone, tenor
86
Junior Cook
saxophone
87
David S. Ware
saxophone, tenor
88
J.R. Monterose
saxophone, tenor
89
Arnett Cobb
saxophone, tenor
90
George Howard
saxophone
91
Tina Brooks
saxophone, tenor
92
Sahib Shihab
woodwinds
93
Mario Rivera
saxophone
94
Frankie Trumbauer
saxophone
95
Fred Anderson
saxophone
96
Gigi Gryce
saxophone
97
Von Freeman
saxophone, tenor
98
Charles Gayle
saxophone
99
Brew Moore
saxophone, tenor
100
Larry McKenna
saxophone, tenor
101
Gabe Baltazar
saxophone, alto
102
Frank Strozier
saxophone, alto
103
Sonny Simmons
saxophone, alto
104
Jimmy Lyons
saxophone, alto
105
Frank Lowe
saxophone, tenor
106
Jim Pepper
saxophone, tenor
107
Herb Geller
saxophone
108
Peter Brötzmann
woodwinds
109
Paul Quinichette
saxophone, tenor
110
Lars Gullin
saxophone, baritone
111
Wilton Felder
saxophone, tenor
112
Sal Nistico
saxophone
113
Nathan Davis
saxophone
114
Ernie Henry
saxophone, alto
115
Peter King
saxophone
116
Bobby Wellins
saxophone, tenor
117
Gregory Herbert
saxophone
118
Jeff Clayton
saxophone
119
Steve Grossman
saxophone
120
Bootsie Barnes
saxophone, tenor
121
Leo Parker
saxophone, baritone
122
Donald Walden
saxophone, tenor
123
Barney Wilen
saxophone, tenor
124
Don Wilkerson
saxophone, tenor
125
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
saxophone, alto
126
Kidd Jordan
saxophone
127
Jeff Marx
saxophone
128
Mike Osborne
saxophone, alto
129
Bill Perkins
guitar
130
Gus Bivona
woodwinds
131
Anthony Ortega
saxophone, tenor
132
Ahmad Alaadeen
saxophone, tenor
133
Lennie Niehaus
saxophone, alto
134
Elton Dean
saxophone
135
Bill Barron
saxophone, tenor
136
Tex Beneke
saxophone
137
Spike Robinson
saxophone, tenor
138
Ronnie Scott
saxophone, tenor
139
Buddy Tate
saxophone, tenor
140
Joe Temperley
saxophone
141
Chu Berry
saxophone, tenor
142
Nick Brignola
saxophone, baritone
143
Rusty Bryant
saxophone
144
Thomas Chapin
saxophone
145
Buddy Collette
saxophone, tenor
146
Bob Cooper
saxophone
147
John Dankworth
saxophone
148
Manu Dibango
saxophone
149
Tommy Newsom
saxophone
150
Arne Domnerus
woodwinds
151
Larry Elgart
woodwinds
152
Herschel Evans
saxophone
153
Bud Freeman
saxophone, tenor
154
Jim Galloway
saxophone
155
Duncan Lamont
saxophone, tenor
156
Fred Ho
saxophone, baritone
157
Red Holloway
saxophone
158
Budd Johnson
saxophone, tenor
159
Louis Jordan
saxophone, alto
160
Richie Kamuca
saxophone, tenor
161
Prince Lasha
flute
162
Joe Maneri
saxophone
163
Steve Marcus
saxophone, tenor
164
Willie Akins
saxophone, tenor

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