Forum of the Saxes

saxmaniac · Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 184

Here's list of some great little known sax players that you should listen to if you ever get the chance:

Perico Sambeat
Jeff Coffin
Lenny Pickett
Jacques Johnson
Mindy Abare

I'll post of some more when I can think of them

CMelodyMan · Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 9:27 pm Post subject:

I'd like to add Charlie Rouse, a great tenor player. He was so painfully under rated. Crying or Very sad

Barney Willen was a great player, too.

Michael Bryant · Joined: 17 Feb 2006 Posts: 3

I've heard Lenny Pickett. He is awsome, he's the lead sax player of the Saturday Night Live band (though I'm sure you already knew that). He plays a lot of high altissimo stuff.
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odsum25 · Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 3

For an up and comer, look at Rudresh Mahanthappa. And I second Charlie Rouse.

Louis Scuderi · Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 8:24 pm Post subject:

Charlie Rouse- Oh Baby!

Tina Brooks
Johnny Griffin
Joe Henderson
Hank Mobley
Sonny Stitt (not TOO underrated, but lived Bird's shadow for no real reason)
Pepper Adams
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
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Russ · Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Posts: 2

Bob Franceschini
Bobby Porcelli

darby dylan · Joined: 30 Jul 2005 Posts: 63

all the ones Louis Scuderi mentioned are quiet wellnone but sufferd because of john coltrane and sonny rollins

furtherdefinitions · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:58 pm Post subject:

I think Tab Smith and Pete Brown were buried treasures. Tab Smith had a strong Johnny Hodges influenced sound, and he played a lot of the early R&B stuff of the early 50's. Pete Brown was the model for Paul Desmond's sound, and it was known that Paul Desmond could accurately play all of Pete Brown's solos.

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OldEyes · Joined: 06 Nov 2005 Posts: 27 Location: Cuckooland

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