Lijst van saxofonisten

Een saxofonist is iemand die al dan niet beroepsmatig de saxofoon bespeelt.

Hier volgt een lijst van bekende bespelers van de saxofoon door de eeuwen heen, alfabetisch geordend:

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A Mindi Abair (1969) Greg Abate (1947) Ray Abrams (1920-1992) George Adams (1940-1992) Pepper Adams (1930-1986) Cannonball Adderley (1928-1975) Naomi Adriaansz (1980) Gerald Albright (1957) Eric Alexander (1968) Harry Allen (1966) J.D. Allen (1972) Lee Allen (1927-1994) Gene Ammons (1925-1974) Fred Anderson (1929-2010) Marcus Anderson (1985) Buddy Arnold (1926-2003) Harry Arnold (1920-1971) Harold Ashby (1925-2003) Gilad Atzmon (1963) Georgie Auld (1919-1990) Albert Ayler (1936-1970) B Ab Baars (1955) Jerome Badini (1970) Søren Ballegaard (1975) Gabe Baltazar (1929) Denys Baptiste (1969) Gato Barbieri (1932-2016) Eddie Barefield (1909-1991) Allan Barnes (1959) Charlie Barnet (1913-1991) Kjell Bartholdsen (1938-2009) Gary Bartz (1940) Sidney Bechet (1897-1959) Jay Beckenstein (1951) Klaas van Beeck (1903-1979) Tom Beek (1969) Bob Belden (1956-2015) Tex Beneke (1914-2000) Gilius van Bergeijk (1946) David Binney (1961) Gus Bivona (1915-1996) Piet le Blanc (1921-1996) Beat Blaser (1953) Jasper Blom (1965) Sander Beumer (1962) Bertus Borgers (1947) Arno Bornkamp (1959) Earl Bostic (1913-1965) Arjan Brass (1951-2007) Anthony Braxton (1945) Michael Brecker (1949-2007) Willem Breuker (1944-2010) Ruud Brink (1937-1990) Peter Brötzmann (1941) Les Brown (1912-2001) Sam Butera (1927-2009) Don Byas (1912-1972) C Harry Carney (1910-1974) Benny Carter (1907-2003) James Carter (1969) Jacques Claessens (1956) Clarence Clemons (1942-2011) Bill Clinton (1946) Jean-Pierre Cnoops (1969) Arnett Cobb (1918-1989) Ornette Coleman (1930) Vanessa Collier (1991) Ad Colen (1961) Mel Collins (1947) John Coltrane (1926-1967) Chris Corstens (?) Sonny Criss (1927-1977) Maurice de la Croix D Renato D'Aiello (1959) John Dankworth (1927-2010) Ryan Dave (?) Paul Desmond (1924-1977) Hermine Deurloo (1966) Marike van Dijk (1982) Piet van Dijk (1916-1978) Mo van der Does (1997) Eric Dolphy (1928-1964) Candy Dulfer (1969) Hans Dulfer (1940) Paul Dunmall (1953) E Mete Erker (1971) Booker Ervin (1930-1970) André Eschauzier (1906-1997) F Sonny Fortune (1939-2018) G Kenny G (1956) Jan Garbarek (1947) Ben van Gelder Herb Geller (1928-2013) Stan Getz (1927-1991) Arno de Geus (1960) Paul Gonsalves (1920-1974) Dexter Gordon (1923-1990) Dick de Graaf (?) Percy Grainger (1882-1961) Euge Groove (1962) Gigi Gryce (1925-1983)

H Scott Hamilton (1954) Antonio Hart (1968) Rob Hauser (1954) Coleman Hawkins (1904-1969) Tubby Hayes (1935-1973) Raaf Hekkema (1968) Julius Hemphill (1938-1995) Joe Henderson (1937-2001) Gijs Hendriks (1938-2017) Benjamin Herman (1968) Woody Herman (1913-1987) Johnny Hodges (1906-1970) Maarten Hogenhuis (1986) Red Holloway (1927-2012) Yuri Honing (1965) Luc Houtkamp (1953) Roy Hovens (1971) George Howard (1956-1998) I Femke IJlstra (?) Vincent Ingala (1992) J Jaared (1967) Illinois Jacquet (1922-2004) Boney James (1961) Plas Johnson (1931) Ferdi Joly (1949) Hans de Jong (1957) Clifford Jordan (1931-1993) Jackiem Joyner (1980) K Jeff Kashiwa (1963) Robin Kenyatta (1942-2004) Paul van Kemenade (1957) Dim Kesber (1930-2013) Tony Kofi (1966) Lee Konitz (1927) Dave Koz (1963) Paulina Kulesza (?) L Pat Labarbera (1944) Patrick Lamb (?) Harold Land (1928) Sanne Landvreugd (1976) Prince Lasha (1928-2001) Amy Lee (1973) Chad Lefkowitz-Brown (1989) Ronnie Lewis (?) David Liebman (1946) Fred Lipsius (1943) Charles Lloyd (1938) Jean-Marie Londeix (1932) Joe Lovano (1952) Preston Love (1921-2004) Dee Lucas (?) Neamen Lyles (?) Jimmy Lyons (1931-1986) M Koen Maas (?) Joe Maini (1930-1964) Charlie Mariano (1923-2009) Eric Marienthal (1957) Branford Marsalis (1960) Warne Marsh (1927-1987) Miguel Martinez (?) Peter Massink (1954-2014) Donny McCaslin (1966) Hal McKusick (1924-2012) Jackie McLean (1931-2006) Charles McPherson (1939) Ties Mellema (1976) Thijs van Milligen (?) Bob Mintzer (1953) Roscoe Mitchell (1940) James Moody (1925-2010) Frank Morgan (1933-2007) Marcel Mule (1901-2001) Simone Müller (?) Napoleon Murphy Brock (1945) David Murray (1955) N Derek Nash (1961) Ted Nash (1960) Ted Nash (1922-2011) Dineke Nauta (?) Oliver Nelson (1932-1975) David Newman (1933-2009) Grady Nichols (?) Lennie Niehaus (1929) Bodil Niska (1954) Piet Noordijk (1932-2011) Maarten van Norden (1955) O Dave O'Higgins (1964) Greg Osby (1960)

P Lodewijk Parisius (1911-1963) Charlie Parker (1920-1955) Evan Parker (1944) Maceo Parker (1943) Cecil Payne (1922-2007) Denis Payton (1943-2006) Art Pepper (1925-1982) Bill Perkins (1924-2003) Eric Person (1963) Johannes Pfeuffer (?) Pony Poindexter (1926-1988) Jack van Poll (1934) Frans Poptie (1918-2010) Tineke Postma (1978) Chris Potter (1971) Ferdinand Povel (1947) Linda Presgrave (?) Dudu Pukwana (1938-1990) Q R Brad Rambur (?) Boots Randolph (1927-2007) Nelson Rangell (1960) Sigurd Rascher (1907-2001) Sonny Red (1932-1981) Don Redman (1900) Joshua Redman (1969) Bob Reynolds (1977) Joris Roelofs (1984) Sonny Rollins (1930) Toon Roos (1964) Bernt Rosengren (1937) Charlie Rouse (1924-1988) S Edgar Sampson (1907-1973) David Sanborn (1945) Tom Sanderman (?) Pharoah Sanders (1940) Mario Schiano (1933-2008) Peter Schilperoort (1919-1990) Wolfgang Schmid (?) Herman Schoonderwalt (1931-1997) Marijke Schroër (?) Randy Scott (?) Tom Scott (1948) Bud Shank (1926-2009) Andy Sheppard (1957) Shilts (?) Wayne Shorter (1933) Sonny Simmons (1933) Donald Simoen (?) Zoot Sims (1925-1985) Steve Slagle (1952) Buster Smith (1904-1991) Glendon Smith (?) Tab Smith (1909-1971) Walter Smith III (1980) Jim Snidero (1958) Denis Solee (?) Kika Sprangers (1994) Hal Stein (1928-2008) Colin Stetson (1975) Grant Stewart (1971) Sonny Stitt (1924-1982) Marcus Strickland (1979) Frank Strozier (1937) T Jan Cees Tans (1947) Paul Taylor (1960) Virginie Teychené (?) Barbara Thompson (1944) Lucky Thompson (1924-2000) Efraim Trujillo (1969) Mark Anthony Turnage (1960) Mark Turner (1965) Stanley Turrentine (1934-2000) Henk van Twillert (1959) U V Frank Vaganée (1966) Adriaan Valk (1944) James Vargas (?) Rocco Ventrella (?) Harry Verbeke (1922-2004) Frans Vermeerssen (1954) Vera Vingerhoeds (?) Ger van Voorden (1947-2017) Tony Vos (1931) W Earle Warren (1914-1994) Grover Washington Jr. (1943-1999) Sadao Watanabe (1933) Bobby Watson (1953) Trevor Watts (1939) Ben Webster (1909-1973) Bobby Wellins (1936-2016) Ben Wendel (?) Kirk Whalum (1958) Bob Wilber (1928) Pamela Williams (?) Steve Wilson (1961) Jaap de Winter (?) Phil Woods (1931-2015) Leo Wright (1933-1991) X Y Z Lester Young (1909-1959) Miguel Zenón (1976) John Zorn (1953)

Fictieve saxofonisten

• Bleeding Gums Murphy uit The Simpsons
• Lisa Simpson uit The Simpsons (bariton)
• Zoot uit The Muppet Show
• De Roze Panter (The Pink Panther), tekenfilmfiguur