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The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B ♭ (while the alto is pitched in the key of E ♭ ), and written as a transposing instrument in the treble clef ...
Frank Wright (July 9, 1935 – May 17, 1990) [1] was an American free jazz musician, known for his frantic style of playing the tenor saxophone.Critics often compare his music to that of Albert Ayler, although Wright "offers his honks and squawks with a phraseology derived from the slower, earthier funk of R&B and gospel music."
Ike Abrams Quebec (August 17, 1918 – January 16, 1963) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. [1] He began his career in the big band era of the 1940s, then fell from prominence for a time until launching a comeback in the years before his death.
In the 1950s, sax players like tenor saxophonist John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins broke new ground in jazz, infusing their music with rhythm and blues, modal, Latin and gospel influences as part of the hard bop subgenre. In the 1950s and 1960s, free jazz pioneers such as Ornette Coleman and Albert Ayler developed unusual new sounds and playing ...
Plas John Johnson Jr. (/ p l æ z /) (born July 21, 1931) [1] is an American soul-jazz and hard bop tenor saxophonist, probably most widely known as the tenor saxophone soloist on Henry Mancini’s "The Pink Panther Theme". He also performs on alto and baritone sax as well as various flutes and clarinets.
Leandro "Gato" Barbieri (November 28, 1932 – April 2, 2016) was an Argentine jazz tenor saxophonist who rose to fame during the free jazz movement in the 1960s and is known for his Latin jazz recordings of the 1970s. [1]
Henry Mobley (July 7, 1930 – May 30, 1986) was an American tenor saxophonist and composer. [1] Mobley was described by Leonard Feather as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", [2] a metaphor used to describe his tone, that was neither as aggressive as John Coltrane nor as mellow as Lester Young, and his style that was laid-back, subtle and melodic, especially in contrast with ...
Bob Reynolds is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. A solo recording artist since 2000, he has been a member of the genre-bending instrumental group Snarky Puppy since 2014, winning Grammy Awards with the band for the albums Culcha Vulcha [1] Live at the Royal Albert Hall, [2] and Empire Central.