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  2. Melissa Aldana - Wikipedia

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    In 2013, aged 24, she was the first female musician, the first South American person, and the youngest person to win the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition, in which her father had been a semi-finalist in 1991. [4] [5] [3] The prize was a $25,000 scholarship, and a recording contract with Concord Jazz. [6]

  3. List of jazz saxophonists - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Barbara Thompson (musician) - Wikipedia

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    Barbara Gracey Thompson MBE (27 July 1944 – 9 July 2022) was an English jazz saxophonist, flautist and composer. She studied clarinet, flute, piano and classical composition at the Royal College of Music, but the music of Duke Ellington and John Coltrane made her shift her interests to jazz and saxophone.

  5. List of saxophonists - Wikipedia

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    T, Tenor; B, Baritone; b, Bass; c, Contrabass (or tubax) sc, Subcontrabass; Indicators key: X, instrument has been used by person or group; X, instrument has been used by person or group, but much less often than other X-marked instruments; C, person or group uses a C melody saxophone (either as primary instrument, or in addition to the normal ...

  6. Kathy Stobart - Wikipedia

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    Florence Kathleen "Kathy" Stobart (1 April 1925 [1] – 6 July 2014) [2] was an English jazz saxophonist primarily known for playing the tenor sax. She was a well-respected figure in the history of jazz in Britain and became an inspiration, through her tutoring of music, to a whole new generation of younger female musicians.

  7. Mindi Abair - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Tia Fuller - Wikipedia

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    Tia Fuller (born March 27, 1976) is an American saxophonist, composer, and educator, and a member of the all-female band touring with Beyoncé. Fuller is currently a faculty member in the ensembles department at Berklee College of Music. [1] Fuller was a Featured Jazz Musician in Pixar's animated film Soul. For the film Fuller plays an alto ...

  9. Category:American jazz tenor saxophonists - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "American jazz tenor saxophonists" The following 176 pages are in this category, out of 176 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .