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Contemporary, Classical, World: Frankie Trumbauer: 1901-1956 X X C Jazz: Kenneth Tse: 1972- X: X Classical: Mark Turner: 1965- X Jazz: Nik Turner: 1940- X X X Space rock: Stanley Turrentine: 1934-2000 X Jazz: Kazutoki Umezu: 1949- X X Free jazz: Ian Underwood: 1939- X X X X Jazz, rock: Ken Vandermark: 1964- Jazz: Cindy Vela
Jazz saxophonists are musicians who play various types of saxophones (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone etc.) in jazz and its associated subgenres. The techniques and instrumentation of this type of performance have evolved over the 20th century, influenced by both movements of musicians that became the subgenres and by particularly influential sax players who helped reshape ...
In 1987, he released his first, self-titled, album, [3] and since 1998 has been one of the top ten best-selling African American saxophonists in the world. [4] Having grown up as a fan of R&B and funk and trained in classical and jazz saxophone, [ 5 ] his own style falls between contemporary R&B and contemporary jazz, [ 6 ] a blend which has ...
The World Saxophone Quartet was an American jazz ensemble founded in 1977, incorporating elements of free jazz, R&B, funk and South African jazz into their music. [1]The original members were Julius Hemphill (alto and soprano saxophone, flute), Oliver Lake (alto and soprano saxophone), Hamiet Bluiett (baritone saxophone, alto clarinet), and David Murray (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet). [2]
Paul Winter (born August 31, 1939) [1] is an American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. He is a pioneer of world music and earth music, which interweaves the voices of the wild with instrumental voices from classical, jazz and world music. [2]
Pharoah Sanders (born Ferrell Lee Sanders; October 13, 1940 – September 24, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. Known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound", Sanders played a prominent role in the development of free jazz and spiritual jazz through his work as a member of John Coltrane's groups in the mid-1960s ...
Two of the jazz world’s most enduring pioneers have died after prolific and widely influential careers. Acclaimed saxophonist Lou Donaldson died on Saturday, Nov. 9 at age 98.
Mindi Abair (/ ˈ eɪ b ɛər / AY-bair; [1] born May 23, 1969) is an American saxophonist, vocalist, author, and National Trustee for the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the organization that puts on the Grammy Awards show.