Saxophonists
Derrick Edmondson 1992 - Present
John Worley 1919 - 1999
Lotte Anker 1958 - Present
David Bowie 8 Jan 1947 - 10 Jan 2016
Getatchew Mekurya 1935 - Present
Grace Kelly (musician) 15 May 1992 - Present
Albert Ayler 13 Jul 1936 - 25 Nov 1970
Pamela Williams 1996 - Present
Chris Speed 1967 - Present
Patrick Meighan (musician) 1949 - Present
Walter Smith III 1980 - Present
Takeshi Itoh 15 Mar 1954 - Present
Brent Gallaher 13 May 1969 - Present
Jimmy Giuffre 26 Apr 1921 - 24 Apr 2008
Hayes Pillars 30 Apr 1906 - 11 Aug 1992
Paul Desmond 25 Nov 1924 - 30 May 1977
David Jackson (rock musician) 15 Apr 1947 - Present
Jerry Weldon 27 Sep 1957 - Present
Javier Arau 30 Sep 1975 - Present
Glenn Zottola 28 Apr 1947 - Present
Maury Finney 1976 - 1980
Gil Mellé 31 Dec 1931 - 28 Oct 2004
Ace Cannon 5 May 1934 - Present
James Fei 1974 - Present
Joe Temperley 20 Sep 1929 - Present
Jackie Kelso 27 Feb 1922 - 28 Apr 2012
Bud Shank 27 May 1926 - 2 Apr 2009
Harry Allen (musician) 12 Oct 1966 - Present
Rodney Slater (musician) 8 Nov 1944 - Present
Jimmy Cavallo 14 Mar 1927 - Present
Larry Van Kriedt 1954 - Present
Sigurd Køhn 6 Aug 1959 - 26 Dec 2004
Wayne Osmond 28 Aug 1951 - Present
Eddie Shu 1918 - 1986
Bud Freeman 13 Apr 1906 - 15 Mar 1991
Iain Ballamy 20 Feb 1964 - Present
Shifty Henry 4 Oct 1921 - 30 Nov 1958
Bent Hesselmann 20 Feb 1939 - Present
Earle Warren 1 Jul 1914 - 4 Jun 1994
Rudolph Edward Torrini 1923 - Present
Tineke Postma 31 Aug 1978 - Present
Norman Salant 1953 - Present
Toots Mondello 14 Aug 1911 - 15 Nov 1992
Mike Vickers 18 Apr 1940 - Present
J. R. Monterose 19 Jan 1927 - 16 Sep 1993
Joe Camilleri 21 May 1948 - Present
Vinny Golia 1 Mar 1946 - Present
Hank Levy 27 Sep 1927 - 18 Sep 2001
Andy Hamilton (pop musician) 1953 - Present
Brad Houser 7 Sep 1960 - Present
Dick Johnson (clarinetist) 1 Dec 1925 - 10 Jan 2010
Tim Burton (musician) 1964 - Present
Gordon Brisker 6 Nov 1937 - 10 Sep 2004
Joe Farrell 16 Dec 1937 - 10 Jan 1986
Branford Marsalis 26 Aug 1960 - Present
Pete Zorn 29 May 1950 - Present
Donald Harrison 23 Jun 1960 - Present
Mark DeBarge 19 Jun 1959 - Present
Chuck Higgins 17 Apr 1924 - 14 Sep 1999
Elisa Hall 15 Apr 1853 - 27 Nov 1924
Phillip Johnston 22 Jan 1955 - Present
Andy Sheppard 20 Jan 1957 - Present
Eddie Barefield 12 Dec 1909 - 4 Jan 1991
Lester Young 27 Aug 1909 - 15 Mar 1959
Jonas Berkeley 1994 - Present
Gene Dinwiddie 19 Sep 1936 - 11 Jan 2002
Knut Riisnæs 13 Nov 1945 - Present
Cecil Irwin (musician) 7 Dec 1902 - 3 May 1935
Red Prysock 2 Feb 1926 - 19 Jul 1993
A.C. Reed 9 May 1926 - 25 Feb 2004
George Garzone 23 Sep 1950 - Present
Joseph Allard 1910 - 1991
George Adams (musician) 29 Apr 1940 - 24 Nov 1992
Richard Elliot 16 Jan 1960 - Present
George Probert 5 Mar 1927 - 10 Jan 2015
Bill Ramsay 12 Jan 1929 - Present
Wendell Harrison 1 Oct 1942 - Present
John Butcher (musician) 1954 - Present
Jimmy Powell (musician) 24 Oct 1914 - Present
Jan Kåre Hystad 9 Jul 1955 - Present
Headley Bennett 1931 - Present
Renato D'Aiello 1959 - Present
Pete King (saxophonist) 23 Aug 1929 - 21 Dec 2009
Rahsaan Roland Kirk 7 Aug 1935 - 5 Dec 1977
Marzette Watts 9 Mar 1938 - 2 Mar 1998
Bob Mintzer 27 Jan 1953 - Present
Starsmith 8 Jul 1988 - Present
Maceo Parker 14 Feb 1943 - Present
Mel Collins 5 Sep 1947 - Present
Petter Wettre 11 Aug 1967 - Present
Leo Green 30 Aug 1972 - Present
Fred Jackson, Jr. 1971 - Present
Alan Skidmore 21 Apr 1942 - Present
Don Stovall 12 Dec 1913 - 20 Nov 1970
Rob Dixon 20th century - Present
Claire Daly 26 Feb 1959 - Present
Dick Dale (singer) 14 Sep 1926 - Present
Sonny Criss 23 Oct 1927 - 19 Nov 1977
Billy Mitchell (jazz musician) 3 Nov 1926 - 18 Apr 2001
Hanna Paulsberg 1987 - Present
Al Cooper 1937 - 46
Gene Barge 9 Aug 1926 - Present
Ernest Dawkins 2 Nov 1953 - Present
Harold Land 18 Dec 1928 - 27 Jul 2001
Femi Kuti 16 Jun 1962 - Present
Buddy Collette 6 Aug 1921 - 19 Sep 2010
Alain Crépin 28 Feb 1954 - Present
Jimmy Sturr 25 Sep 1941 - Present
Buddy Banks (saxophonist) 3 Oct 1909 - 7 Sep 1991
Candy Dulfer 19 Sep 1969 - Present
Jim Snidero 29 May 1958 - Present
Cecil Payne 14 Dec 1922 - 17 Nov 2007
Greg Banaszak 23 Jun 1966 - Present
Wayne Shorter 25 Aug 1933 - Present
John Gross (musician) 30 May 1944 - Present
Allen Eager 10 Jan 1927 - 13 Apr 2003
Mikkel Flagstad 23 Apr 1930 - 29 Jun 2005
Tyrone Washington (musician) 1944 - 1974
Danny Moss 16 Aug 1927 - 28 May 2008
Phil Woods 2 Nov 1931 - Present
Julian Smith (saxophonist) 21 May 1969 - Present
Noah Howard 6 Apr 1943 - 3 Sep 2010
Earl Bostic 25 Apr 1913 - 28 Oct 1965
Léo Gandelman 10 Aug 1956 - Present
Donny McCaslin 11 Aug 1966 - Present
Roger Neumann 1941 - Present
Floyd "Candy" Johnson 1 May 1922 - 28 Jun 1981
Teddy Edwards 26 Apr 1924 - 20 Apr 2003
Bobby Wellins 24 Jan 1936 - Present
René McLean 16 Dec 1946 - Present
Tina Brooks 7 Jun 1932 - 13 Aug 1974
James Clay (musician) 8 Sep 1935 - 1 Jan 1994
Ralph Moore 24 Dec 1956 - Present
Hans Dijkstal 28 Feb 1943 - 9 May 2010
Gerry Mulligan 6 Apr 1927 - 20 Jan 1996
Al Sears 22 Feb 1910 - 23 Mar 1990
John Warren (Canadian musician) 23 Sep 1938 - Present
David Sánchez (musician) 9 Sep 1968 - Present
Saxa (musician) 5 Jan 1930 - Present
Frode Gjerstad 24 Mar 1948 - Present
Charlie Nothing 8 Jul 1941 - 23 Oct 2007
Tom Scott (musician) 19 May 1948 - Present
Big Jay McNeely 29 Apr 1927 - Present
Van Morrison 31 Aug 1945 - Present
Kim Richmond 24 Jul 1940 - Present
Jim King (saxophonist) 5 May 1942 - 6 Feb 2012
Hal McKusick 1 Jun 1924 - 11 Apr 2012
Bill Ashton (jazz musician) 6 Dec 1936 - Present
Casey Benjamin 1978 - Present
Dave Fitzgerald 1951 - Present
Jimmy Hastings 12 May 1938 - Present
Carlos Ward 1 May 1940 - Present
Lou Marini 13 May 1945 - Present
Michael Monroe 17 Jun 1962 - Present
Sax Mallard 2 Sep 1915 - 29 Aug 1986
Jay Osmond 2 Mar 1955 - Present
Jim Pepper 18 Jun 1941 - 10 Feb 1992
Noah Becker 1970 - Present
Vido Musso 17 Jan 1913 - 9 Jan 1982
George Haslam 22 Feb 1939 - Present
Javon Jackson 16 Jun 1965 - Present
Nelson Rangell 26 Mar 1960 - Present
Eddie Shaw 20 Mar 1937 - Present
Leon Washington (musician) 27 Jun 1909 - 19 Feb 1973
Peggy Gilbert 17 Jan 1905 - 12 Feb 2007
Joe Garland 15 Aug 1903 - 21 Apr 1977
Cedric Brooks 1943 - 3 May 2013
Jimmy Woods 29 Oct 1934 - Present
Norris Turney 8 Sep 1921 - 17 Jan 2001
Anthony Braxton 4 Jun 1945 - Present
Art Porter, Jr. 3 Aug 1961 - 23 Nov 1996
Peter "JR" Wasilewski 27 May 1976 - Present
Don Rendell 4 Mar 1926 - Present
Bertus Borgers 15 Jul 1947 - Present
Odd André Elveland 1965 - Present
Murray McEachern 16 Aug 1915 - 28 Apr 1982
Kazutoki Umezu 17 Oct 1949 - Present
Paul McCandless 24 Mar 1947 - Present
Ole Mathisen 13 Feb 1965 - Present
Jay Migliori 14 Nov 1930 - 2 Sep 2001
Al Cohn 24 Nov 1925 - 15 Feb 1988
Carlos Garnett 1 Dec 1938 - Present
Sonny Simmons 4 Aug 1933 - Present
Sal Nistico 12 Apr 1940 - 3 Mar 1991
Michael Lewis (musician) 1997 - Present
Frøy Aagre 8 Jun 1977 - Present
Geoff Simkins 13 Oct 1948 - Present
Basel Rajoub 1981 - Present
Shafi Hadi 21 Sep 1929 - Present
Vince Giordano 11 Mar 1952 - Present
Atle Nymo 9 Jun 1977 - Present
Kenneth Tse 1972 - Present
Jim Sherwood 8 May 1942 - 25 Dec 2011
Steve Lacy 23 Jul 1934 - 4 Jun 2004
Charlie Mariano 12 Nov 1923 - 16 Jun 2009
Tom Gullion 25 Jul 1965 - Present
Ed Manion 28 Feb 1952 - Present
Rick Fay 25 Dec 1926 - 1999
Pierre Bourque (saxophonist) 27 Jan 1938 - 2014
Eirik Hegdal 3 Oct 1973 - Present
YolanDa Brown 4 Oct 1982 - Present
Rent Romus 6 Jan 1968 - Present
Jo Freya 4 Dec 1960 - Present
Achille Baquet 15 Nov 1885 - 20 Nov 1956
Odean Pope 24 Oct 1938 - Present
Håkon Kornstad 5 Apr 1977 - Present
Erik Balke 7 Nov 1953 - Present
Ronnie Laws 3 Oct 1950 - Present
Jimmy Lyons 1 Feb 1933 - 19 May 1986
Don Wise 24 Mar 1942 - Present
Ray Teal 12 Jan 1902 - 2 Apr 1976
Ted Milton 1943 - Present
Bunky Green 23 Apr 1935 - Present
Kelly Jefferson 4 Mar 1970 - Present
Walter Beasley 24 May 1961 - Present
Steve Williamson 28 Jun 1964 - Present
Lynn Hope 26 Sep 1926 - 24 Feb 1993
Erlend Jentoft 16 Mar 1976 - Present
Lem Davis 22 Jun 1914 - 16 Jan 1970
Joe McPhee 3 Nov 1939 - Present
Bob Franceschini 15 Dec 1961 - Present
Billy Usselton 2 Jul 1926 - 5 Sep 1994
Stan Robinson 13 Apr 1936 - Present
Frederic Hemke 1967 - Present
Bob Downes 22 Jul 1937 - Present
Gary Bartz 26 Sep 1940 - Present
Bob Mover 22 Mar 1952 - Present
Steve Potts (jazz musician) 21 Jan 1943 - Present
Frank Strozier 13 Jun 1937 - Present
Logan Richardson 29 Jul 1980 - Present
Morten Halle 7 Oct 1957 - Present
Pete Allen (musician) 23 Nov 1954 - Present
Raymond Hill (musician) 29 Apr 1933 - 16 Apr 1996
Jeff Coffin 5 Aug 1965 - Present
Charles Remue 15 Oct 1903 - 5 Feb 1971
Stan Keller 1 May 1907 - 7 Aug 1990
Eddie Vinson 18 Dec 1917 - 2 Jul 1988
Bob Gordon (saxophonist) 11 Jun 1928 - 28 Aug 1955
Charles Compo 3 Jul 1958 - Present
Edward Inge 7 May 1906 - 8 Oct 1988
Joe Roccisano 5 Oct 1939 - 9 Nov 1997
Sam Morrison 1953 - Present
Jeff Clayton 16 Feb 1954 - Present
Musa Kaleem 3 Jan 1921 - 26 Mar 1988
Lou Gare 16 Jun 1939 - Present
Azar Lawrence 2 Nov 1953 - Present
Dylan Cramer 21 Jan 1958 - Present
Joe Holiday 10 May 1925 - Present
Frank Teschemacher 13 Mar 1906 - 1 Mar 1932
Angela Morley 10 Mar 1924 - 14 Jan 2009
Andy Hamilton (saxophonist) 26 Mar 1918 - 3 Jun 2012
Bodil Niska 21 Aug 1954 - Present
Steve Duke 1954 - Present
Jack Washington 17 Jul 1910 - 28 Nov 1964
Dick Mango 15 Jul 1912 - 8 Jun 1975
Dave Koz 27 Mar 1963 - Present
Preston Love 26 Apr 1921 - 12 Feb 2004
Rod Cless 1907 - 1944
Vi Redd 20 Sep 1928 - Present
Jazz Hamilton 1965 - Present
Luther Thomas 23 Jun 1950 - 8 Sep 2009
Big Boy Goudie 13 Sep 1899 - 9 Jan 1964
Ron Holloway 24 Aug 1953 - Present
George Kelly (musician) 31 Jul 1915 - 24 May 1998
Gary Windo 7 Nov 1941 - 25 Jul 1992
Wessell Anderson 27 Nov 1964 - Present
Rick Wilkins (musician) 1 Feb 1937 - Present
Lars Horntveth 10 Mar 1980 - Present
Roland Alexander 25 Sep 1935 - 14 Jun 2006
Seun Kuti 11 Jan 1983 - Present
Tia Fuller 27 Mar 1976 - Present
Von Freeman 3 Oct 1923 - 11 Aug 2012
Oliver Lake 14 Sep 1942 - Present
Bennie Maupin 29 Aug 1940 - Present
Joe Brazil 25 Aug 1927 - 6 Aug 2008
Mario Marzi 29 Jul 1964 - Present
Lennie Niehaus 11 Jun 1929 - Present
Mike Smith (jazz saxophonist) 3 Mar 1957 - Present
Walter Boudreau 15 Oct 1947 - Present
Aaron Leaney 1983 - Present
Sam Most 16 Dec 1930 - 13 Jun 2013
Johnny Griffin 24 Apr 1928 - 25 Jul 2008
Arthur Doyle 26 Jun 1944 - 25 Jan 2014
Johnny Bothwell 23 May 1919 - 12 Sep 1995
Roy Nathanson 1955 - Present
George Howard (jazz) 15 Sep 1956 - 20 Mar 1998
Eddie Williams (saxophonist) 1910s - 1977
Joe Harriott 15 Jul 1928 - 2 Jan 1973
Andrea Bocelli 22 Sep 1958 - Present
Art Ellefson 17 Apr 1932 - Present
Carmen Leggio 1927 - 17 Apr 2009
Ned Rothenberg 15 Sep 1956 - Present
Dennis Marcellino 17 Jan 1948 - Present
Steve White (saxophonist) 20 Nov 1925 - 21 Dec 2005
Willis Jackson (saxophonist) 25 Apr 1932 - 25 Oct 1987
Bobby Watson 23 Aug 1953 - Present
Joseph Jarman 14 Sep 1937 - Present
Kirk Pengilly 4 Jul 1958 - Present
Polo Barnes 22 Nov 1901 - 3 Apr 1981
Jean Derome 29 Jun 1955 - Present
Lee Allen (musician) 2 Jul 1927 - 18 Oct 1994
Jay Beckenstein 14 May 1951 - Present
Premik Russell Tubbs 1974 - Present
Tate Houston 1924 - 1974
Steve James Sherlock 1953 - Present
Steve Moss (musician) 1987 - Present
Gene Sedric 17 Jun 1907 - 3 Apr 1963
Michael Hashim 9 Apr 1956 - Present
Scott Hamilton (musician) 12 Sep 1954 - Present
Safura Alizadeh 20 Sep 1992 - Present
Phalon Jones 1949 - 1967
Karel Velebný 17 Mar 1931 - 7 Mar 1989
Otto Hardwick 31 May 1904 - 5 Aug 1970
Reggie Houston 2 Jul 1947 - Present
Kidd Jordan 5 May 1935 - Present
Arthur Jones (musician) 1940 - 1998
Hank Mobley 7 Jul 1930 - 30 May 1986
Norihiko Hibino 3 Sep 1973 - Present
Fred Anderson (musician) 22 Mar 1929 - 24 Jun 2010
Mikko Innanen (musician) 1978 - Present
Bent Jædig 28 Sep 1935 - 9 Jun 2004
Chris Wood (rock musician) 24 Jun 1944 - 12 Jul 1983
Jimmy Zavala 7 Feb 1955 - Present
Victor Goines 1961 - Present
Dannie Richmond 15 Dec 1931 - 15 Mar 1988
John-Edward Kelly 1958 - 12 Feb 2015
Bjarne Nerem 31 Jul 1923 - 1 Apr 1991
Jimmy Skidmore 8 Feb 1916 - 22 Aug 1998
Booker Ervin 31 Oct 1930 - 31 Jul 1970
Mark Gross 20 Feb 1966 - Present
Zan Stewart 1944 - Present
Tore Brunborg 20 May 1960 - Present
Hans Dulfer 28 May 1940 - Present
Charles Gayle 28 Feb 1939 - Present
Charles Lloyd (jazz musician) 15 Mar 1938 - Present
Med Flory 27 Aug 1926 - 12 Mar 2014
Susanne Alt 15 Apr 1978 - Present
Dean Benedetti 28 Jun 1922 - 20 Jan 1957
Julian Argüelles 28 Jan 1966 - Present
Russ Gershon 11 Aug 1959 - Present
Svein Magnus Furu 10 Nov 1983 - Present
Pete Brown (jazz musician) 9 Nov 1906 - 20 Sep 1963
Steve Gorn 20th century - Present
Lenny Hambro 16 Oct 1923 - 26 Sep 1995
Chris Burnett 2 Nov 1955 - Present
Romano Ricciardi 1986 - Present
Jørgen Mathisen 27 Dec 1984 - Present
Yusef Lateef 9 Oct 1920 - 23 Dec 2013
Ronnie Cuber 25 Dec 1941 - Present
Gene Porter 7 Jun 1910 - 24 Feb 1993
Lol Coxhill 19 Sep 1932 - 10 Jul 2012
Eric Alexander (jazz saxophonist) 4 Aug 1968 - Present
Laurdine "Pat" Patrick 23 Nov 1929 - 31 Dec 1991
Frans Bak 7 Feb 1958 - Present
Gus Bivona 25 Nov 1915 - 5 Jan 1996
John Stubblefield 4 Feb 1945 - 4 Jul 2005
Majeed Marhoon 17 Aug 1945 - 23 Feb 2010
Karl Denson 27 Dec 1956 - Present
Lee Thompson (saxophonist) 5 Oct 1957 - Present
Boyce Brown 16 Apr 1910 - 30 Jan 1959
George Siravo 2 Oct 1916 - 28 Feb 2000
Hadley Caliman 12 Jan 1932 - 8 Sep 2010
Benny Golson 25 Jan 1929 - Present
Packy Axton 17 Feb 1941 - 1974
Brian Patneaude 8 Aug 1974 - Present
Paul Williams (saxophonist) 13 Jul 1915 - 14 Sep 2002
Boots Mussulli 18 Nov 1917 - 23 Sep 1967
Lenny Pickett 10 Apr 1954 - Present
Alan Osmond 22 Jun 1949 - Present
George Coleman 8 Mar 1935 - Present
Oliver Sain 1 Mar 1932 - 28 Oct 2003
Pixinguinha 23 Apr 1897 - 7 Feb 1973
Einar Aaron Swan 20 Mar 1903 - 8 Aug 1940
Mihailo Živanović 17 Feb 1928 - 18 Jul 1989
James Houlik 4 Dec 1942 - Present
Sonny Stitt 2 Feb 1924 - 22 Jul 1982
Magnus Lindgren 1974 - Present
Glenn Spearman 14 Feb 1947 - 8 Oct 1998
Alan Wakeman 13 Oct 1947 - Present
Mathilde Grooss Viddal 6 May 1969 - Present
King Perry 10 Oct 1914 - 5 Feb 1990
Wayman Carver 25 Dec 1905 - 6 May 1967
Jerry Bergonzi 21 Oct 1947 - Present
Ted Buckner 14 Dec 1913 - 12 Apr 1976
Stan Sulzmann 30 Nov 1948 - Present
Bob Parlocha 18 Apr 1938 - 15 Mar 2015
Vincent Herring 19 Nov 1964 - Present
Jay Cameron 14 Sep 1928 - 20 Mar 2001
Steve Marcus 18 Sep 1939 - 25 Sep 2005
Jack McVea 5 Nov 1914 - 27 Dec 2000
Eddie Harris 20 Oct 1934 - 5 Nov 1996
Ben Branch 1924 - 27 Aug 1987
Mario Schiano 20 Jul 1933 - 10 May 2008
Lou Donaldson 1 Nov 1926 - Present
Arthur "Artie" DeMello 7 Apr 1959 - Present
Daniel Bennett (saxophonist) 27 Nov 1979 - Present
Gerald Oshita 1942 - 1992
Vance Wilson (musician) 1925 - 10 Aug 2010
Makanda Ken McIntyre 7 Sep 1931 - 13 Jun 2001
Bjørn Johansen (musician) 23 May 1940 - 6 May 2002
David van Kriedt 19 Jun 1922 - 29 Sep 1994
Herman Riley 31 Aug 1933 - 14 Apr 2007
Jimmy Forrest 24 Jan 1920 - 26 Aug 1980
Kristin Sevaldsen 10 Jan 1966 - Present
Myron Walden 18 Oct 1973 - Present
Louis Sclavis 2 Feb 1953 - Present
Jackson Moore 1976 - Present
Guy Lacour 8 Jun 1932 - 15 May 2013
Thavius Beck 1979 - Present
Mads Mathias 1981 - Present
John Bevan (musician) 3 Aug 1938 - Present
Jimmy Coe 20 Mar 1921 - 26 Apr 2004
Inusa Dawuda 12 Aug 1970 - Present
Loren Schoenberg 23 Jul 1958 - Present
Don Lanphere 26 Jun 1928 - 9 Oct 2003
Allan C. Barnes 27 Sep 1949 - Present
Eddie Pollack 9 May 1899 - 1955
Willem Breuker 4 Nov 1944 - 23 Jul 2010
John Jorgenson 6 Jul 1956 - Present
Nik Turner 28 Aug 1940 - Present
Margo Davidson 28 Sep 1957 - 17 May 2008
Otis Murphy 1972 - Present
Jimmy Joy 20 Apr 1902 - 7 Mar 1962
Michael Holmes (saxophonist) 1982 - Present
Nino Tempo 6 Jan 1937 - Present
Mark Lindsay 9 Mar 1942 - Present
Carmen Lombardo 16 Jul 1903 - 17 Apr 1971
Chris White (saxophonist) 13 Jul 1955 - Present
Steve Slagle 18 Sep 1952 - Present
Seldon Powell 15 Nov 1928 - 25 Jan 1997
Håvard Lund 1971 - Present
Bill Smith (Canadian musician) 12 May 1938 - Present
Kenny Garrett 9 Oct 1960 - Present
Mindi Abair 23 May 1969 - Present
Ted Nash (saxophonist, born 1960) 28 Dec 1960 - Present
Dave Hillyard 1986 - Present
Sam Rivers 25 Sep 1923 - 26 Dec 2011
Ernie Watts 23 Oct 1945 - Present
Charles Brackeen 13 Mar 1940 - Present
Piet Noordijk 26 May 1932 - 9 Oct 2011
Don Weller (musician) 19 Dec 1940 - Present
Billo Smith 1897 - 1993
Daniele Sepe 17 Apr 1960 - Present
George Braith 27 Jun 1939 - Present
Herbie Haymer 24 Jul 1915 - 11 Apr 1949
Craig Handy 25 Sep 1962 - Present
Haywood Henry 10 Jan 1913 - 15 Sep 1994
James Chance 20 Apr 1956 - Present
Coleman Hawkins 21 Nov 1904 - 19 May 1969
Joshua Redman 1 Feb 1969 - Present
Sue Terry 1959 - Present
Julius Hemphill 24 Jan 1938 - 2 Apr 1995
Bo Rhambo 1923 - 24 Nov 1988
Sam Dutrey 1909 - 27 Aug 1971
Sean Bergin 29 Jun 1948 - 1 Sep 2012
David Schnitter 19 Mar 1948 - Present
Sahib Shihab 23 Jun 1925 - 24 Oct 1989
Sonny Fortune 19 May 1939 - Present
Arno Bornkamp 1959 - Present
Julian Siegel 13 May 1966 - Present
Leo Wright 14 Dec 1933 - 4 Jan 1991
Kjetil Møster 17 Jun 1976 - Present
José Luis Rodríguez Vélez 12 Mar 1915 - 21 Dec 1984
Chris Potter (jazz saxophonist) 1 Jan 1971 - Present
Andrew Love (musician) 21 Nov 1941 - 12 Apr 2012
Rosa King 14 Mar 1939 - 12 Dec 2000
Kaori Kobayashi 20 Oct 1981 - Present
Marion Brown 8 Sep 1931 - 18 Oct 2010
Gerald Danovitch 24 Feb 1932 - 1 Dec 1997
Mike Deasy 4 Feb 1941 - Present
Richard Tabnik 1952 - Present
Rich Halley 25 Nov 1947 - Present
Rufus Harley 20 May 1936 - 1 Aug 2006
Eddie Platt 8 Dec 1921 - 3 Oct 2010
Sid Caesar 8 Sep 1922 - 12 Feb 2014
Laura Macdonald 17 Jul 1974 - Present
Jim Galloway 28 Jul 1936 - Present
Billy Brown (Irish musician) 1943 - 1999
Trevor Koehler 9 Jul 1936 - 1 Feb 1975
Frank Tiberi 4 Dec 1928 - Present
Fritz Renold 27 Feb 1960 - Present
George William Weidler 11 Jan 1926 - 27 Dec 1989
Tom Archia 26 Nov 1919 - 16 Jan 1977
Rick Henderson 25 Apr 1928 - 21 May 2004
Fela Kuti 15 Oct 1938 - 2 Aug 1997
John Carter (jazz musician) 24 Sep 1929 - 31 Mar 1991
Big Nick Nicholas 2 Aug 1922 - 29 Oct 1997
Greely Walton 4 Oct 1904 - 9 Oct 1993
Crawford Wethington 26 Jan 1904 - 11 Sep 1994
Andy Iona 1 Jan 1902 - 9 Nov 1966
Jeff Antoniuk 6 Oct 1965 - Present
Michael Antunes 1960 - Present
Gianluigi Trovesi 10 Jan 1944 - Present
John Surman 30 Aug 1944 - Present
Dave Pell 26 Feb 1925 - Present
Joe Dixon (musician) 21 Apr 1917 - 28 May 1998
Spike Robinson 16 Jan 1930 - 29 Oct 2001
Dave Quincy 1939 - Present
Andy Mackay 23 Jul 1946 - Present
Rick Margitza 24 Oct 1961 - Present
John Harle 20 Sep 1956 - Present
Dan Plonsey 1 Sep 1958 - Present
Brooks Brown 1989 - 1994
Michael Moore (saxophonist and clarinetist) 4 Dec 1954 - Present
Jon Gordon (musician) 23 Dec 1966 - Present
John Scott (composer) 1 Nov 1930 - Present
Isham Jones 31 Jan 1894 - 19 Oct 1956
Frank Glover 27 Jun 1963 - Present
Bennie Wallace 18 Nov 1946 - Present
Hank Crawford 21 Dec 1934 - 29 Jan 2009
Kadri Gopalnath 11 Dec 1949 - Present
Ivo Neame 13 Mar 1981 - Present
Jean-Marie Londeix 20 Sep 1932 - Present
Don Nix 27 Sep 1941 - Present
Tony Kofi 1966 - Present
Charles Davis (saxophonist) 20 May 1933 - Present
Tony Coe 29 Nov 1934 - Present
Sidney Bechet 14 May 1897 - 14 May 1959
James Moody (saxophonist) 26 Mar 1925 - 9 Dec 2010
Giorgos Katsaros 7 Mar 1934 - Present
Andrew Morgan (musician) 13 Mar 1900 - 19 Sep 1972
Maxwell Davis 14 Jan 1916 - 18 Sep 1970
Johnny Roadhouse 13 Jan 1921 - 11 Apr 2009
Ronald Caravan 20 Nov 1946 - Present
Albert Akst 31 Aug 1899 - 19 Apr 1958
Steve Coleman 20 Sep 1956 - Present
Ivy Benson 11 Nov 1913 - 6 May 1993
Chris Cheek 16 Sep 1968 - Present
Rickey Woodard 5 Aug 1950 - Present
Marlin Hurt 27 May 1905 - 21 Mar 1946
Buster Bennett 19 Mar 1914 - 3 Jul 1980
Arvid Gram Paulsen 1922 - 1963
Victor Lombardo 10 Apr 1911 - 22 Jan 1994
Andy Scott (saxophonist and composer) 15 Jun 1966 - Present
Rudy Powell 28 Oct 1907 - 30 Oct 1976
Tim Ries 1960 - Present
Cecil Scott 22 Nov 1905 - 5 Jan 1964
John Coltrane 23 Sep 1926 - 17 Jul 1967
Chris Kelsey 5 Jun 1961 - Present
Bendik Hofseth 19 Oct 1962 - Present
Tim Berne 16 Oct 1954 - Present
Enzo Nini 29 Aug 1954 - Present
Charles Tyler (musician) 20 Jul 1941 - 27 Jun 1992
Bunk Gardner 2 May 1933 - Present
Alex Foster (musician) 10 May 1953 - Present
Rob Brown (saxophonist) 27 Feb 1962 - Present
Ross Mintzer 1987 - Present
Nic Gotham 27 Sep 1959 - 25 Jul 2013
Rolf Kühn 29 Sep 1929 - Present
Guido Sinclair Dec 1935 - 7 Jul 1992
Mirko Fait 3 Jun 1965 - Present
Steve Gregory 1945 - Present
Tobias Delius 15 Jul 1964 - Present
Larry Elgart 20 Mar 1922 - Present
Lionel Richie 20 Jun 1949 - Present
Skeets Herfurt 28 May 1911 - 17 Apr 1992
Ornette Coleman 9 Mar 1930 - 11 Jun 2015
Big John Greer 21 Nov 1923 - 12 May 1972
Buddy Tate 22 Feb 1913 - 10 Feb 2001
Tex Beneke 12 Feb 1914 - 30 May 2000
Boney James 1 Sep 1961 - Present
Yuri Honing 6 Jul 1965 - Present
Mickey Fields 1932 - 1995
Pud Brown 22 Jan 1917 - 27 May 1996
Joe Ford (musician) 7 May 1947 - Present
P.J. Perry 2 Dec 1941 - Present
Alex Coke 1953 - Present
Idris Rahman 16 Jul 1976 - Present
Andrew Findon 1974 - Present
Doug Carn 14 Jul 1948 - Present
Anders Paulsson 1961 - Present
Bertie King 1912 - 1981
Dick Parry 22 Dec 1942 - Present
Earl Anderza 24 Oct 1933 - 1982
Barbara Thompson (musician) 27 Jul 1944 - Present
Archie Shepp 24 May 1937 - Present
Jimmy Mundy 28 Jun 1907 - 24 Apr 1983
Faruq Z. Bey 4 Feb 1942 - 1 Jun 2012
Louis Cottrell, Jr. 7 Mar 1911 - 21 Mar 1978
Claude Delangle 1957 - Present
Joe Lacina 28 Dec 1932 - Present
Buddy Catlett 13 May 1933 - Present
Quanti Bomani 26 May 1956 - Present
Manohari Singh 8 Mar 1931 - 13 Jul 2010
Will Gregory 17 Sep 1959 - Present
Gigi Gryce 28 Nov 1925 - 14 Mar 1983
Dan St. Marseille 1962 - Present
Cornelius Bumpus 7 May 1945 - 3 Feb 2004
Paul Speare 10 Dec 1955 - Present
John Purcell (musician) 8 May 1952 - Present
Rich Perry 22 Jul 1955 - Present
Stefano di Battista 14 Feb 1969 - Present
Charles Chalmers 20th century - Present
Aaron Sachs 4 Jul 1923 - 5 Jun 2014
Mars Williams 28 May 1955 - Present
Crystal Taliefero 1963 - Present
Johnny Russell (saxophonist) 4 Jun 1909 - 26 Jul 1991
Jimmy Brown (musician) 1926 - 2006
Kirk Whalum 11 Jul 1958 - Present
Sam Newsome 28 Apr 1965 - Present
Totti Bergh 5 Dec 1935 - 4 Jan 2012
Seamus Blake 1969 - Present
Glen Gray 7 Jun 1906 - 23 Aug 1963
Pee Wee Russell 27 Mar 1906 - 15 Feb 1969
Ray Condo 16 May 1950 - 15 Apr 2004
Reb Spikes 31 Oct 1888 - 24 Feb 1982
Danny Bank 17 Jul 1922 - 5 Jun 2010
Dick Heckstall-Smith 16 Sep 1934 - 17 Dec 2004
Lem Johnson 6 Aug 1909 - 1 Apr 1989
Davey Payne 11 Aug 1944 - Present
Ronald Shroyer 1941 - Present
Lev Mikhailov 29 May 1936 - 9 Feb 2003
Ari Brown 1 Feb 1944 - Present
Jim Horn 20 Nov 1940 - Present
Hal Russell 28 Aug 1926 - 5 Sep 1992
Greg Ham 27 Sep 1953 - 19 Apr 2012
Mark Shim 21 Nov 1973 - Present
Howie Casey 12 Jul 1937 - Present
Michael Chorney 1980 - Present
Avram Fefer 1965 - Present
Richie Kamuca 23 Jul 1930 - 22 Jul 1977
Teddy McRae 22 Jan 1908 - 4 Mar 1999
Rudy Williams 1909 - 1954
Harry White (saxophonist) 1967 - Present
Dennis Taylor (musician) 13 Nov 1953 - 17 Oct 2010
Louis Jordan 8 Jul 1908 - 4 Feb 1975
Oliver Nelson 4 Jun 1932 - 28 Oct 1975
Harold McNair 5 Nov 1931 - 7 Mar 1971
Nick Brignola 17 Jul 1936 - 8 Feb 2002
Kåre Kolve 10 Aug 1967 - Present
Jack Schaeffer 19 Mar 1946 - Present
Harold Dejan 4 Feb 1909 - 5 Jul 2002
Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis 21 Apr 1941 - Present
Al Belletto 3 Jan 1928 - Present
Paul Jeffrey 8 Apr 1933 - 19 Mar 2015
Jeff Chan 23 Nov 1970 - Present
Caughey Roberts 25 Aug 1912 - 1990
Bob Lively 10 Feb 1923 - 15 Sep 1974
John Neely 29 Jan 1930 - 8 Oct 1994
Tab Smith 11 Jan 1909 - 17 Aug 1971
Fess Williams 10 Apr 1894 - 17 Dec 1975
Claude McLin 27 Dec 1925 - 21 Jul 1995
Happy Caldwell 1903 - 1978
Earl Howard 1951 - Present
Paul Winter 31 Aug 1939 - Present
Marty Ehrlich 31 May 1955 - Present
Pat LaBarbera 7 Apr 1944 - Present
Eric Leeds 19 Jan 1952 - Present
St. Clair Pinckney 17 Sep 1930 - 1 Feb 1999
Jackie McLean 17 May 1931 - 31 Mar 2006
Rudresh Mahanthappa 4 May 1971 - Present
Adrián Terrazas-González 17 Oct 1975 - Present
Earl Belcher 15 Dec 1958 - Present
Butterscotch (performer) 29 Sep 1985 - Present
David Roach (saxophonist) 1955 - Present
Pepper Adams 8 Oct 1930 - 10 Sep 1986
Noah Preminger 2 Jun 1986 - Present
Keith Jarrett 8 May 1945 - Present
Zoot Sims 29 Oct 1925 - 23 Mar 1985
Charlie Rouse 6 Apr 1924 - 30 Nov 1988
Walter Benton 8 Sep 1930 - 14 Aug 2000
Angélla Christie 1985 - Present
Frank Socolow 18 Sep 1923 - 30 Apr 1981
Paul Dunmall 6 May 1953 - Present
Gabriel Aragón 3 Jul 1920 - 10 Jan 1995
Maurice Simon 26 Mar 1929 - Present
Brian Wittman 30 Jun 1951 - Present
John Jenkins (jazz musician) 3 Jan 1931 - 12 Jul 1993
Tommy Gwaltney 28 Feb 1921 - 11 Feb 2003
Lew Tabackin 26 Mar 1940 - Present
Larry Teal 26 Mar 1905 - 11 Jul 1984
Arthur Rhames 25 Oct 1957 - 27 Dec 1989
Ernie Henry 3 Sep 1926 - 29 Dec 1957
Spencer Clark (musician) 15 Mar 1908 - 27 May 1998
Don Redman 29 Jul 1900 - 30 Nov 1964
Fredrik Lundin 7 Apr 1963 - Present
Leroy Cooper (musician) 31 Aug 1928 - 15 Jan 2009
Art Christmas 22 Dec 1905 - 24 Sep 1961
Lin Chien-Kwan 1972 - Present
Ralph Lee Bowerman 14 Aug 1934 - Present
Monty Waters 14 Apr 1938 - 23 Dec 2008
Warren Hill (musician) 1982 - Present
Greg Osby 3 Aug 1960 - Present
Santy Runyon 4 Jul 1907 - 4 Apr 2003
Johnny Ferreira 11 Aug 1957 - Present
Herman Sherman 28 Jun 1923 - 10 Sep 1984
Joe Thomas (saxophonist) 19 Jun 1909 - 3 Aug 1986
Bob Cooper (musician) 6 Dec 1925 - 5 Aug 1993
Harold Vick 3 Apr 1936 - 13 Nov 1987
Bernt Rosengren 24 Dec 1937 - Present
Tommy Newsom 25 Feb 1929 - 28 Apr 2007
Kjell Bartholdsen 2 Oct 1938 - 6 Nov 2009
Fuzz (musician) 9 Feb 1952 - Present
Mornington Lockett 19 Nov 1961 - Present
Albert Beger 1959 - Present
Fletcher Allen 25 Jul 1905 - 5 Aug 1995
Jane Bunnett 22 Oct 1956 - Present
Lanny Morgan 30 Mar 1934 - Present
Franz Jackson 1 Nov 1912 - 6 May 2008
Scoops Carry 23 Jan 1915 - 4 Aug 1970
Dick Stabile 29 May 1909 - 18 Sep 1980
Hal Singer 8 Oct 1919 - Present
Fraser MacPherson 10 Apr 1928 - 27 Sep 1993
Omer Simeon 21 Jul 1902 - 17 Sep 1959
Carl Petter Opsahl 31 May 1964 - Present
Scott Page 1960 - Present
Curtis Amy 11 Oct 1929 - 5 Jun 2002
Lodewijk Parisius 1911 - 1963
Hal Kemp 27 Mar 1904 - 21 Dec 1940
Charlie Barnet 26 Oct 1913 - 4 Sep 1991
Paulo Miklos 21 Jan 1959 - Present
Graham Bond 28 Oct 1937 - 8 May 1974
Ben Castle 1973 - Present
King Curtis 7 Feb 1934 - 13 Aug 1971
Tommy Whittle 13 Oct 1926 - 13 Oct 2013
Marty Flax 7 Oct 1924 - 3 Jul 1972
Andrew Lamb (musician) 26 Aug 1958 - Present
Buddy Featherstonhaugh 4 Oct 1909 - 12 Jul 1976
Cynthia Johnson 22 Apr 1956 - Present
Chuck Greenberg (musician) 25 Mar 1950 - 4 Sep 1995
Stan McDonald 28 Aug 1935 - Present
Ken Field 26 Jan 1953 - Present
Merrill Osmond 30 Apr 1953 - Present
Charlie Kennedy (saxophonist) 2 Jul 1927 - 3 Apr 2009
Roscoe Mitchell 3 Aug 1940 - Present
John Gilmore (musician) 28 Sep 1931 - 29 Aug 1995
Jerry Dodgion 29 Aug 1932 - Present
Håvard Fossum 7 Jun 1971 - Present
Al Gallodoro 20 Jun 1913 - 4 Oct 2008
Buddy Arnold 30 Apr 1926 - 9 Nov 2003
Blaise Garza 10 Feb 1989 - Present
Ian Nelson (musician) 23 Apr 1956 - 23 Apr 2006
Ernani Bernardi 29 Oct 1911 - 4 Jan 2006
Mart Kenney 7 Mar 1910 - 8 Feb 2006
Al Klink 28 Dec 1915 - 7 Mar 1991
Tommy McCook 3 Mar 1927 - 5 May 1998
Eugene Rousseau (saxophonist) 23 Aug 1932 - Present
Henry Threadgill 15 Feb 1944 - Present
Manu Dibango 12 Dec 1933 - Present
James Carter (musician) 3 Jan 1969 - Present
Terrace Martin 2004 - Present
Jerome Don Pasquall 20 Sep 1902 - 18 Oct 1971
Benjamin Herman 9 May 1968 - Present
Raphael Ravenscroft 4 Jun 1954 - 19 Oct 2014
Heinie Beau 8 Mar 1911 - 19 Apr 1987
Phil Dwyer (musician) 17 Dec 1965 - Present
Eric Ungar 1985 - Present
Greg Abate 31 May 1947 - Present
Jimmy Dorsey 29 Feb 1904 - 12 Jun 1957
Clifford Jordan 2 Sep 1931 - 27 Mar 1993
Claude R. Lakey 21 Aug 1910 - 13 Oct 1990
Arno Marsh 28 May 1928 - Present
Derek Pascoe 1957 - Present
Bill Pierce 25 Sep 1948 - Present
Rudy Wiedoeft 3 Jan 1893 - 18 Feb 1940
Gabe Baltazar 1 Nov 1929 - Present
Bill Graham (musician) 8 Sep 1918 - Present
Bill Barron (musician) 27 Mar 1927 - 21 Sep 1989
Joe Henderson 24 Apr 1937 - 30 Jun 2001
Eric Dolphy 20 Jun 1928 - 29 Jun 1964
Kristian Bergheim 6 Jun 1926 - 30 May 2010
Ben Webster 27 Mar 1909 - 20 Sep 1973
Nathan Davis (saxophonist) 15 Feb 1937 - Present
Roger Ball (musician) 4 Jun 1944 - Present
Trygve Seim 25 Apr 1971 - Present
Joseph Lulloff 1960 - Present
Charlie Holmes 27 Jan 1910 - 19 Sep 1985
Roger Ruskin Spear 29 Jun 1943 - Present
Alvin Tyler 5 Dec 1925 - 3 Apr 1998
Peter Gordon (composer) 20 Jun 1951 - Present
John Handy 3 Feb 1933 - Present
Lawrence Gwozdz 1 Apr 1953 - Present
Fred Ho 10 Aug 1957 - 12 Apr 2014
Mark Turner (musician) 10 Nov 1965 - Present
Bingie Madison 1902 - Jul 1978
Ian Kirkham 9 Mar 1963 - Present
David Murray (saxophonist) 19 Feb 1955 - Present
Fred Hess 1944 - Present
Eddie Miller (jazz saxophonist) 23 Jun 1911 - 8 Apr 1991
Gary Keller (saxophonist) 7 Oct 1953 - Present
Frank Wess 4 Jan 1922 - 30 Oct 2013
Max Jones 28 Feb 1917 - 1 Aug 1993
Nils Jansen 30 Mar 1959 - Present
Ernie Caceres 22 Nov 1911 - 10 Jan 1971
Jim Riggs 1941 - Present
Rusty Bryant 25 Nov 1929 - 25 Mar 1991
Sigurd Raschèr 15 May 1907 - 25 Feb 2001
Grover Washington, Jr. 12 Dec 1943 - 17 Dec 1999
Eric Kloss 3 Apr 1949 - Present
Rain Sultanov 29 Apr 1965 - Present
Jimmy Heath 25 Oct 1926 - Present
Paulo Moura 15 Jul 1932 - 12 Jul 2010
Sonny Rollins 7 Sep 1930 - Present
Bridget Wishart 25 Feb 1962 - Present
Teun van Dijck 13 Sep 1963 - Present
Sandy Mosse 29 May 1929 - 1 Jul 1983
Stanley Peiris 12 Jun 1941 - 13 Oct 2002
Rudy Pompilli 16 Apr 1924 - 5 Feb 1976
Leroy Gómez 20th century - Present
Alan Davie 28 Sep 1920 - 5 Apr 2014
Earl Carruthers 27 May 1910 - 5 Apr 1971
Flip Phillips 26 Mar 1915 - 17 Aug 2001
Henning Gravrok 19 Mar 1948 - Present
Mircea Florian (musician) 5 Dec 1949 - Present
Joe Darensbourg 9 Jul 1906 - 24 May 1985
Illinois Jacquet 31 Oct 1922 - 22 Jul 2004
Abe Aaron 27 Jan 1910 - 31 Jan 1970
Fred Jackson (saxophonist) 1913 - Present
Erica Sjöström 2010 - Present
Blaise Siwula 19 Feb 1950 - Present
Johnny Messner (musician) 13 Oct 1909 - 1986
Patrick Zimmerli 23 Jul 1968 - Present
Tony Parenti 6 Aug 1900 - 17 Apr 1972
Dave Liebman 4 Sep 1946 - Present
Roland Alphonso 12 Jan 1931 - 20 Nov 1998
Howie Smith 25 Feb 1943 - Present
Mike Osborne 28 Sep 1941 - 19 Sep 2007
Norman Symonds 23 Dec 1920 - 21 Aug 1998
Sam Butera 17 Aug 1927 - 3 Jun 2009
Dennis Armitage 28 May 1928 - 5 Nov 2005
Tim Cappello 1955 - Present
Robin Kenyatta 6 Mar 1942 - 28 Oct 2004
George James (musician) 7 Dec 1906 - 30 Jan 1995
Jerry Blake 23 Jan 1908 - 31 Dec 1961
Mike Pickering 24 Feb 1958 - Present
Andy Sannella 11 Mar 1900 - 10 Dec 1962
Bill Perkins (saxophonist) 22 Jul 1924 - 9 Aug 2003
Cliff Townshend 28 Jan 1916 - 29 Jun 1986
Danny Flores 11 Jul 1929 - 19 Sep 2006
Benny Waters 23 Jan 1902 - 13 Aug 1998
Dewey Redman 17 May 1931 - 2 Sep 2006
André Roligheten 2 Jan 1985 - Present
David "Fathead" Newman 24 Feb 1933 - 20 Jan 2009
J. T. Brown (musician) 2 Apr 1918 - 24 Nov 1969
Gary Smulyan 4 Apr 1956 - Present
Howard Johnson (jazz musician) 7 Aug 1941 - Present
Joe Houston 11 Jul 1926 - Present
Walter Parazaider 14 Mar 1945 - Present
Bob Rockwell 2 May 1945 - Present
Jørgen Munkeby 3 Sep 1980 - Present
Kenny G 5 Jun 1956 - Present
Frank Catalano 1977 - Present
Dayna Stephens 1 Aug 1978 - Present
Benny Krueger 17 Jun 1899 - 29 Apr 1967
Bill Johnson (reed player) 30 Sep 1912 - 5 Jul 1960
Simon Spillett 4 Nov 1974 - Present
Bob Chester 20 Mar 1908 - 29 Oct 1966
Garvin Bushell 25 Sep 1902 - 31 Oct 1991
Donald Washington, Sr. 1930 - 2009
Edgar Battle 3 Oct 1907 - 6 Feb 1977
T. K. Blue 1953 - Present
Gene Ammons 14 Apr 1925 - 6 Aug 1974
Michael Brecker 29 Mar 1949 - 13 Jan 2007
Hal McIntyre 29 Nov 1914 - 5 May 1959
Kenny Sargent 1906 - 1969
Pharoah Sanders 13 Oct 1940 - Present
Herb Geller 2 Nov 1928 - 19 Dec 2013
Jack Nitzsche 22 Apr 1937 - 25 Aug 2000
Geoff Leigh 5 Oct 1945 - Present
Keshavan Maslak 26 Feb 1950 - Present
Freddy Martin 9 Dec 1906 - 30 Sep 1983
Gabriel Bello 23 Jun 1980 - Present
Virgil Gonsalves 5 Sep 1931 - 20 Oct 2008
Andrew J. Allen 1986 - Present
Felix Slováček 23 May 1943 - Present
Serge Chaloff 24 Nov 1923 - 16 Jul 1957
Trevor Watts 26 Feb 1939 - Present
Ted Brown (saxophonist) 1 Dec 1927 - Present
Vernon Story 16 Nov 1922 - 2007
Mark Rivera 1952 - Present
Monk Higgins 17 Oct 1936 - 3 Jul 1986
Bruce Kapler 3 Jul 1953 - Present
Martin Cooper (musician) 1 Oct 1958 - Present
George Barrow (musician) 21 Sep 1921 - 19 Mar 2013
Bob Enevoldsen 11 Jan 1920 - 19 Nov 2005
Wally Shoup 1944 - Present
Bootsie Barnes 20th century - Present
Hal Stein 5 Sep 1928 - 27 Apr 2008
Robert Palmer (writer) 19 Jun 1945 - 20 Nov 1997
Thomas Hylland Eriksen 6 Feb 1962 - Present
Hubert Laws 10 Nov 1939 - Present
Ahmad Alaadeen 24 Jul 1934 - 15 Aug 2010
Steve Wilson (jazz musician) 9 Feb 1961 - Present
Ed Wynne (saxophonist) 1966 - Present
Fausto Papetti 28 Jan 1923 - 15 Jun 1999
Arthur Blythe 7 May 1940 - Present
Jerry Toth 15 Nov 1928 - 31 Mar 1999
Ted McCord 1907 - Present
Paul Gonsalves 12 Jul 1920 - 15 May 1974
Idris Ackamoor 1950 - Present
George Paxton 1914 - 1989
Lucky Thompson 16 Jun 1924 - 30 Jul 2005
Jerome Richardson 15 Nov 1920 - 23 Jun 2000
Helén Eriksen 19 Oct 1971 - Present
Dexter Gordon 27 Feb 1923 - 25 Apr 1990
Ricky Ford 4 Mar 1954 - Present
Gil Rodin 9 Dec 1906 - 10 Jun 1974
Antoine Roney 1 Apr 1963 - Present
Evan Parker 5 Apr 1944 - Present
Ben Smith (musician) 1 Mar 1905 - Present
Jon Gibson (musician) 11 Mar 1940 - Present
Wilton Gaynair 11 Jan 1927 - 13 Feb 1995
Soweto Kinch 10 Jan 1978 - Present
Warne Marsh 26 Oct 1927 - 18 Dec 1987
Emanuel Paul 2 Feb 1904 - 23 May 1988
Pat Irwin 17 May 1955 - Present
Don Myrick 6 Apr 1940 - 30 Jul 1993
Dennis Berry 21 Aug 1921 - 21 Jun 1994
Eddie Daniels 19 Oct 1941 - Present
Russell Procope 11 Aug 1908 - 21 Jan 1981
Donny Osmond 9 Dec 1957 - Present
Charles McPherson (musician) 24 Jul 1939 - Present
Herb Hall 28 Mar 1907 - 5 Mar 1996
Hermeto Pascoal 22 Jun 1936 - Present
Mike Burney 1 Nov 1944 - Present
Tom Keenlyside 1950 - Present
Pete Yellin 18 Jul 1941 - Present
Irv Williams 1919 - Present
Zachary Lipton 19 Aug 1985 - Present
Olav Dale 30 Oct 1958 - 10 Oct 2014
Phillip Barham 4 Dec 1957 - Present
Karel Krautgartner 20 Jul 1922 - 20 Sep 1982
Prince Lasha 10 Sep 1929 - 12 Dec 2008
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 2 Mar 1922 - 3 Nov 1986
Ike Quebec 17 Aug 1918 - 16 Jan 1963
Chuck Wilson (jazz musician) 31 Jul 1948 - Present
Harold Ousley 23 Jan 1929 - Present
Bill McHenry 1972 - Present
Ralph Bowen 23 Dec 1961 - Present
Visitante 10 Sep 1978 - Present
Skeets Tolbert 14 Feb 1909 - 30 Nov 2000
Frode Nymo 27 Nov 1975 - Present
Eddie Johnson (musician) 11 Dec 1920 - 7 Apr 2010
Joe Giardullo 24 Jul 1948 - Present
Lee Patrick (saxophonist) 17 Nov 1938 - Present
Mezz Mezzrow 9 Nov 1899 - 5 Aug 1972
Moacir Santos 1924 - 6 Aug 2006
David Jones (jazz musician) 1888 - 1956
Jean Pierre Magnet 9 Nov 1949 - Present
Johnny Hodges 25 Jul 1906 - 11 May 1970
Francesco Cafiso 24 May 1989 - Present
Wendell Logan 24 Nov 1940 - 15 Jun 2010
Buck Hill (musician) 13 Feb 1927 - Present
Willie Maiden 12 Mar 1928 - 29 May 1976
Francis Wong 20th century - Present
Gene Hardy 1979 - Present
Paul van der Feen 8 Jun 1978 - Present
Eddie Chamblee 24 Feb 1920 - 1 May 1999
Richard Underhill 1985 - Present
James Briggs (musician) 27 Feb 1978 - Present
Ernie Krivda 6 Feb 1945 - Present
Gerald Albright 30 Aug 1957 - Present
Frank Vicari 11 Apr 1931 - 20 Oct 2006
Christian Lauba 26 Jul 1952 - Present
Wilbur Wilde 1955 - Present
Don Menza 22 Apr 1936 - Present
Clinton McKinnon (musician) 1969 - Present
Rosie Smith 20 Jul 1983 - Present
Dan Forshaw 19 May 1981 - Present
Alan Branscombe 4 Jun 1936 - 27 Oct 1986
Chu Berry 13 Sep 1908 - 30 Oct 1941
Mynie Sutton 9 Oct 1903 - 17 Jun 1982
Chris Biscoe 5 Feb 1947 - Present
Gary Barnacle 1959 - Present
Dr. William "Billy" Phipps 25 Dec 1931 - 3 Dec 2011
Buster Smith 24 Aug 1904 - 10 Aug 1991
Hilton Jefferson 30 Jul 1903 - 14 Nov 1968
Arnett Cobb 10 Aug 1918 - 24 Mar 1989
Daniel Carter (musician) 1945 - Present
Ray Arvizu 2 Apr 1953 - 9 Aug 2001
Miguel Zenón 30 Dec 1976 - Present
Orie Amodeo 9 Mar 1921 - 26 Dec 1998
J. D. Allen III 11 Dec 1972 - Present
Red Holloway 31 May 1927 - 25 Feb 2012
Joe Daley (tenor saxophonist) 30 Jul 1918 - 5 Mar 1994
Jimmy Oliver (musician) 1946 - 2005
Paul Brodie 10 Apr 1934 - 19 Nov 2007
Bob Fuller 1898 - Present
Lloyd Arntzen 19 Sep 1927 - Present
Joe McQueen 1919 - Present
Boyd Atkins 1900 - Present
Walter Thomas (musician) 1907 - 26 Aug 1981
Sabir Mateen 16 Apr 1951 - Present
Clous van Mechelen 12 Mar 1941 - Present
Harvey Pittel 22 Jun 1943 - Present
Chris Woods (musician) 25 Dec 1925 - 4 Jul 1985
Boomie Richman 2 Apr 1922 - Present
Ralph Brown 18 Jun 1957 - Present
Teo Macero 30 Oct 1925 - 19 Feb 2008
Buster Bailey 19 Jul 1902 - 12 Apr 1967
Frank Wright (jazz musician) 9 Jul 1935 - 17 May 1990
Erica Lindsay 5 Jun 1955 - Present
Jason Isaacs (singer) 9 Sep 1975 - Present
Alfonzo Blackwell 22 Feb 1971 - Present
Ed Summerlin 1 Sep 1928 - 10 Oct 2006
Richie Cole (musician) 29 Feb 1948 - Present
Joe Evans (musician) 7 Oct 1916 - 17 Jan 2014
Joe Maini 8 Feb 1930 - 7 May 1964
Tim Hodgkinson 1 May 1949 - Present
Herbie Fields 24 Mar 1919 - 17 Sep 1958
Arnie Lawrence 10 Jul 1938 - 22 Apr 2005
Don Wilkerson 6 Jul 1932 - 18 Jul 1986
Carter Jefferson 30 Nov 1945 - 9 Dec 1993
Fred Lipsius 19 Nov 1943 - Present
Odd Riisnæs 12 May 1953 - Present
Dick Hafer 29 May 1927 - 15 Dec 2012
Charlie Ventura 2 Dec 1916 - 17 Jan 1992
Colin Stetson 1977 - Present
Chase Baird 18 Mar 1988 - Present
Dave Edwards (musician) 11 Jan 1941 - 12 Aug 2000
Charlie Parker 29 Aug 1920 - 12 Mar 1955
Benny Reid 7 Oct 1980 - Present
John Barnes (musician) 15 May 1932 - Present
Igor Lumpert 27 Oct 1975 - Present
Gary Thomas (musician) 10 Jun 1960 - Present
Jimmie Lunceford 6 Jun 1902 - 12 Jul 1947
John Zorn 2 Sep 1953 - Present
David Binney 2 Aug 1961 - Present
Steve Cole 17 Aug 1966 - Present
Marius Neset 2 Jan 1985 - Present
Enzo Avitabile 1 Mar 1955 - Present
George Cartwright (musician) 10 Dec 1950 - Present
John Klemmer 3 Jul 1946 - Present
Andy McGhee 3 Nov 1927 - Present
Jane Ira Bloom 12 Jan 1955 - Present
Dean Fraser 4 Aug 1957 - Present
Nigel Hitchcock 4 Jan 1971 - Present
Peter Guidi 1949 - Present
David Sanborn 30 Jul 1945 - Present
Doug Lawrence (jazz) 11 Oct 1956 - Present
Bobby Plater 13 May 1914 - 20 Nov 1982
Frank Morgan (musician) 23 Dec 1933 - 14 Dec 2007
Anne-Marie Giørtz 19 Mar 1958 - Present
Claudio Fasoli 29 Nov 1939 - Present
Victor Assis Brasil 28 Aug 1945 - 14 Apr 1981
John Sampen 1949 - Present
Courtney Pine 18 Mar 1964 - Present
Junior Cook 22 Jul 1934 - 3 Feb 1992
Skippy Williams 27 Jul 1916 - 28 Feb 1994
Rocky Boyd 1936 - Present
Lagbaja 1993 - Present
Benny Carter 8 Aug 1907 - 12 Jul 2003
Frank Lowe 24 Jun 1943 - 19 Sep 2003
Jimmy Castor 23 Jun 1940 - 16 Jan 2012
Debra Richtmeyer 1957 - Present
Tom Tallitsch 1974 - Present
John Dankworth 20 Sep 1927 - 6 Feb 2010
Charles Rochester Young 1965 - Present
Justin Robinson (musician) 14 Aug 1968 - Present
Gregory Herbert 19 May 1947 - 31 Jan 1978
Tommy Smith (saxophonist) 27 Apr 1967 - Present
Keith Anderson (saxophonist) 1970 - Present
Sam Donahue 18 Mar 1918 - 22 Mar 1974
Andrzej Zaucha (singer) 12 Jan 1949 - 10 Oct 1991
Junior Walker 14 Jun 1931 - 23 Nov 1995
Daniel Deffayet 23 May 1922 - 27 Dec 2002
Mike McGinnis 1973 - Present
Bob Sheppard (musician) 4 May 1952 - Present
Ernie Wilkins 20 Jul 1922 - 5 Jun 1999
Marshall Allen 25 May 1924 - Present
Scheila Gonzalez 5 Aug 1971 - Present
Brian Hopper 3 Jan 1943 - Present
Steve Lehman 1978 - Present
Asmund Bjørken 19 Aug 1933 - Present
Jan Garbarek 4 Mar 1947 - Present
Harald Lassen 1987 - Present
Njål Ølnes 24 Sep 1965 - Present
Stan Harrison 8 Dec 1953 - Present
Bubba Brooks 29 May 1922 - 11 Apr 2002
Henry Cosby 12 May 1928 - 22 Jan 2002
Volly De Faut 14 Mar 1904 - 29 May 1973
Dick Wilson (musician) 11 Nov 1911 - 24 Nov 1941
Stanley Turrentine 5 Apr 1934 - 11 Sep 2000
Børge-Are Halvorsen 12 Oct 1978 - Present
Joe Lovano 29 Dec 1952 - Present
Bill Saxton 28 Jun 1946 - Present
Don Murray (clarinetist) 7 Jun 1904 - 2 Jun 1929
Ian Bairnson 3 Aug 1953 - Present
John Pål Inderberg 6 Aug 1950 - Present
Anthony Thistlethwaite 31 Aug 1955 - Present
Dave Schildkraut 7 Jan 1925 - 1 Jan 1998
Mark Whitecage 4 Jun 1937 - Present
Porter Kilbert 10 Jun 1921 - 23 Oct 1960
John Helliwell 15 Feb 1945 - Present
Anton Schwartz 16 Jul 1967 - Present
Houston Person 10 Nov 1934 - Present
West Nkosi 1940 - 8 Oct 1998
Chris Tyle 1955 - Present
Jack Nimitz 11 Jan 1930 - 10 Jun 2009
Ian McDonald (musician) 25 Jun 1946 - Present
Randall Hall 1 Jul 1954 - Present
Leo Parker 18 Apr 1925 - 11 Feb 1962
Peter King (saxophonist) 11 Aug 1940 - Present
Don Byas 21 Oct 1912 - 24 Aug 1972
Dejan Prešiček 21 Dec 1970 - Present
Ole Jacob Hystad 20 Jul 1960 - Present
Chico Freeman 17 Jul 1949 - Present
Don Braden 20 Nov 1963 - Present
Bob Berg 7 Apr 1951 - 5 Dec 2002
Leonie Schaller 1978 - Present
Glenn McDonald (musician) 1939 - 1998
Ted Nash (saxophonist, born 1922) 31 Oct 1922 - 15 May 2011
Ravi Coltrane 6 Aug 1965 - Present
Roy Wood 8 Nov 1946 - Present
John Hardee 20 Dec 1918 - 18 May 1984
Ed Wiley, Jr. 14 Mar 1930 - 27 Sep 2010
Brew Moore 26 Mar 1924 - 19 Aug 1973
Sam Taylor (saxophonist) 12 Jul 1916 - 1990
Fud Livingston 10 Apr 1906 - 25 Mar 1957
Denis Payton 11 Aug 1943 - 17 Dec 2006
John Doheny 17 Dec 1953 - Present
Bendik Brænne 17 Aug 1987 - Present
Pee Wee Moore 5 Mar 1928 - 13 Apr 2009
John Hagee 12 Apr 1940 - Present
Babe Russin 18 Jun 1911 - 4 Aug 1984
Julian Dash 9 Apr 1916 - 25 Feb 1974
Art Themen 26 Nov 1939 - Present
Massimo Urbani 8 May 1957 - 24 Jun 1993
Bruce Turner 5 Jul 1922 - 28 Nov 1993
Guttorm Guttormsen 28 Jun 1950 - Present
Molly Duncan (musician) 24 Aug 1945 - Present
Eric Dixon 28 Mar 1930 - 19 Oct 1989
Sammy Rimington 29 Apr 1942 - Present
Gene Quill 15 Dec 1927 - 8 Dec 1988
Leanor Ortega 4 Oct 1976 - Present
Wardell Gray 13 Feb 1921 - 25 May 1955
Amy Denio 9 Jun 1961 - Present
Kathy Stobart 1 Apr 1925 - 5 Jul 2014
Bob Wilber 15 Mar 1928 - Present
Cannonball Adderley 15 Sep 1928 - 8 Aug 1975
Tubby Hayes 30 Jan 1935 - 8 Jun 1973
Wayne Escoffery 23 Feb 1975 - Present
Gerry Niewood 6 Apr 1943 - 12 Feb 2009
Paul Bascomb 12 Feb 1912 - 2 Dec 1986
Art Pepper 1 Sep 1925 - 15 Jun 1982
Paul Howard (musician) 20 Sep 1895 - 18 Feb 1980
Trent Kynaston 7 Dec 1946 - Present
Jamey Aebersold 21 Jul 1939 - Present
Stan Getz 2 Feb 1927 - 6 Jun 1991
Bill Evans (saxophonist) 9 Feb 1958 - Present
Pony Poindexter 8 Feb 1926 - 14 Apr 1988
Jacques Larocque 1945 - Present
Denys Baptiste 1969 - Present
Karl Seglem 8 Jul 1961 - Present
Jesse Davis 9 Nov 1965 - Present
Lee Konitz 13 Oct 1927 - Present
Brinsley Schwarz (musician) 25 Mar 1947 - Present
Grady Gaines 14 May 1934 - Present
Bill Easley 1943 - Present
Phil Urso 2 Oct 1925 - 7 Apr 2008
Skip Martin 14 May 1916 - 1974
Les Maguire 27 Dec 1941 - Present
Plas Johnson 21 Jul 1931 - Present
Will Heard 26 Apr 1993 - Present
Larry Ochs (musician) 3 May 1949 - Present
Bobby Jones (saxophonist) 30 Oct 1928 - 6 Mar 1980
Captain John Handy 24 Jun 1900 - 12 Jan 1971
Eric Person 2 May 1963 - Present
Jean Serge Essous 1935 - 25 Nov 2009
Jake Clemons 27 Feb 1980 - Present
Paul Taylor (musician) 30 Apr 1960 - Present
Caroline Kraabel 1961 - Present
Tony Pastor (bandleader) 26 Oct 1907 - 31 Oct 1969
Jimmy Hamilton 25 May 1917 - 20 Sep 1994
Geir Lysne 9 Oct 1965 - Present
Sonny Cox 1938 - Present
Torbjørn Sletta Jacobsen 11 Aug 1973 - Present
Euge Groove 27 Nov 1962 - Present
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre 24 Mar 1936 - 9 Nov 2013
Joe Maneri 9 Feb 1927 - 24 Aug 2009
Ray Thomas 29 Dec 1941 - Present
Antoine Chessex 1980 - Present
Georgie Auld 19 May 1919 - 8 Jan 1990
Castor McCord 17 May 1907 - 14 Feb 1963
Elton Dean 28 Oct 1945 - 8 Feb 2006
Sonny Red 17 Dec 1932 - 20 Mar 1981
James Mark (musician) 1999
Eric Marienthal 13 Dec 1957 - Present
James Spaulding 30 Jul 1937 - Present
Lin Halliday 16 Jun 1936 - 25 Jan 2000
Kim-Erik Pedersen 26 Apr 1986 - Present
Walter Barnes 8 Jul 1905 - 23 Apr 1940
Dick Morrissey 9 May 1940 - 8 Nov 2000
Ronnie Lang 24 Jul 1929 - Present
Claude Luter 23 Jul 1923 - 6 Oct 2006