List of saxophonists explained

Instruments key:

• s, Sopranino
• S, Soprano
• A, Alto
• 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 tenor sax)
• F, person or group uses an F Mezzo-soprano saxophone in addition to the E♭ alto sax.

Name	Lifetime	s	S	A	T	B	b	c	sc	Genre
	1969-		X	X						Smooth jazz
	1947-		X	X	X	X				Bebop
	1920-1992				X					Jazz
	1940-1992				X					Jazz
	1930-1986					X				Jazz
	1928-1975		X	X						Jazz
	1957-		X	X	X					Jazz
	1968-				X					Jazz
	1966-				X					Jazz
	1926-1994				X					R&B
	1924-			X						Jazz
	1900-1960				X					Choro
	1925-1974				X					Jazz
	1929-2010				X					Jazz
	1947-	x	X	x						Rock
	1933-				X					Classical
	1926-2003				X					Jazz
	1920-1971				X					Jazz
	1925-2003				X					Jazz
	1919-1990				X					Jazz
	1936-1970			X	X					Jazz
					X					Nu jazz
	1929-			X						Jazz
	1966-		X	X						Classical
Linda Bangs							X			Classical
	1932-2016				X					Jazz
	1909-1991				X					Jazz
	1957-		X	X	X					Classical
	1901-1981		X							Jazz
	1913-1991		X	X	X					Swing
	1938-2009				X					Jazz
	1940-		X	X						Jazz
	1912-1986				X					Jazz
	1897-1959		X							Jazz
	1951-		X	X						Smooth jazz
	1941-2010		X	X	X					Rock
	1956-2015		X		X					Jazz
	1914-2000				X					Swing
	1951-2002		X		X					Jazz
	1926-2010				X					Jazz
	1948-2012			X	X					Jazz
	1947-		X		X					Jazz
	1954-			X		X				Jazz
	1908-1941			X	X					Jazz
	1962-			X	X					Jazz
		1930-1966			X						Jazz
	1915-1996			X	X					Jazz
	1955-		X	X						Jazz
	1953-			X						Jazz
	1940-2018				X	X	X			Jazz
	1940-2017	X	X	X	X					Free jazz, jazz
Arno Bornkamp	1959-		X	X	X					Classical
	1913-1965			X						R&B
	1947-				X	X				Jazz
	1961-				X					Jazz
	1947-2016		X	X	X	X				Rock
	1940-		X		X					Jazz, free jazz
	1945-	X	X	X+F	C	X	X	X		Jazz
	1949-2007		X		X					Jazz
	1944-2010		X	X	X	X				Jazz
	1978-				X					Ska
	1936-2002		X	X		X				Jazz
	1945-				X					Rock, jazz
	1932-1974				X					Jazz
	1941-			X	X	X	X			Free jazz
	1912-2001			X						Jazz, swing
	1931-2010			X						Jazz
	1982-		X	X	X					Jazz
	1946-2004			X						Jazz, rock
	1956-		X							Jazz
	1902-1991			X						Jazz
	1927-2009				X					R&B, big band
	1912-1972				X					Jazz
	1911-1971			X		X				Jazz
	1922-2014				X					Swing
	1932-2010		X		X					Jazz
	1969-		X	X	X	X				Jazz
	1934-2018			X	X					Rock
	1955-				X					R&B, rock, jazz
	1946-	X	X	X	X					Classical
	1910-1974			X		X				Jazz
	1974-		X	X	X	X				Acid jazz
	1907-2003			X						Jazz
	1945-		X	X						Free jazz
	1969-	X	X	X+F	C	X	X			Jazz
	1968-				X					Soul, funk
	1923-1957					X				Jazz
	1953-			X						No wave, funk, free jazz
					X					Afrobeat
	1945-				X					Jazz, bebop
	1954-2020			X						Jazz
	1942-2011		X	X	X	X				Rock
Bill Clinton	1946-				X					Jazz
	1918-1989				X					Jazz
	1965-		X	X	X	X				Jazz
			X		X					Jazz
		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	Classical
	1925-1988				X	x				Jazz
	1930-2015			X	X					Free jazz
	1956-			X						Jazz
	1961-		x		X	X	x			Rock
	1947-		X	X	X	X				Rock, jazz
	1926-1967		X	X	X					Jazz
	1965-		X		X					Jazz
	1912-1978				X					Jazz
	1934-1992				X					Jazz
	1925-1993				X					Jazz
	1932-2012	X	X		X					Free improv
	1934-2009			X						Jazz, R&B
	1927-1977			X						Jazz
	1941-2022					X				Jazz
	1934-1971		X	X	X					Rock & roll, soul, blues
	1958-					X				Jazz
	1982-				X					Jazz, smooth jazz
	1916-1974				X					Jazz
	1922-1986				X					Jazz
			X	X	X	X				Blue-eyed soul
	1922-2002			X	X					Classical
	1957-		X	X	X	X	X	X		Classical
	1956-				X					Jazz, funk
	1924-1977			X						Jazz
	1969-		X	X						Jazz
	1933-2020		X	X	X	X				Jazz funk
	1982-		X	X						Classical
	1936-		X		X					Jazz
	1928-1964			X						Jazz
	1924-2008			X						Jazz
	1918-1974				X					Swing
	1926-			X						Hard bop
Daniel Dorff	1956-				X	X				Classical
	1904-1957			X						Jazz
	1948-		X	X	X					Latin jazz
	1954-		X	X						Contemporary classical
	1969-			X						Smooth jazz
	1940-				X					Jazz
	1953-		X		C					Free jazz
	1924-2003				X					Jazz
	1922-2017			X						Jazz, swing
	1960-		x	x	X					Smooth jazz
	1941-2021		X	X	X	X				Jazz
	1930-1970				X					Jazz
	1975-				X					Jazz
	1959-				X					Jazz
	1958-		x		X					Jazz
	1909-1939				X					Jazz
	1916-2014			X						Jazz
			X		X					Jazz
	1904-1928				C					Jazz
	1946-	X		X						Free jazz
	1937-1986		X		X					Jazz
	1965-	X			X					Smooth jazz, ambient
	1940-2015				X					Jazz, fusion, R&B
	1919-1958			X	X					Jazz, R&B
	1985-				X	X				Jazz, rock
				X						Classical
	1928-2011		X		X					Jazz
	1936-	x	X	X	X					Jazz
Jean-Yves Fourmeau			X	X						Classical
	1916-1980					X				Jazz
	1969-		X		X					Jazz
	1961-		X	X	X					Jazz
	1906-1991				X					Jazz
	1949-				X					Jazz
	1923-2012				X					Jazz
	1898-?		X			X				Jazz
	1976-			X						Jazz, R&B
	1956-		X	X	X					Smooth jazz
	1913-2008			X						Jazz, classical
	1947-		X		X		X			Jazz
	1933-		X	X	X					Jazz, rock
	1903-1977				X					Jazz
	1960-		X	X	X					Jazz
	1989-	X	X	X+F	C	X	X	X	X	Rock, Jazz
	1950-		X		X					Jazz, free jazz
	1939-			X	X	X				Free jazz
	1927-1991				X					Jazz
	1931-1995				X	X				Jazz
	1952-						X			Jazz
	1921-2008				X					Jazz
	1946-	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	Jazz
	1929-				X					Jazz to
	1920-1974				X					Jazz
	1950-2019			X						Carnatic
	1928-1955					X				Jazz
	1923-1990		X		X					Hard bop
	1940-		X	X						Jazz
	1906-1963			X						Jazz
	1921-1955				X					Jazz
	1935-			X						Jazz
	1972-				X					Rock
	1962-		X	X	X					Smooth jazz
	1951-2020		X		X					Jazz
	1925-1983			X						Jazz
	1928-1976					X				Jazz
	1964-	X	X	X	X	X		X		Free jazz
Lawrence Gwozdz	1953-		X	X						Classical
	1927-2012				X					Jazz
Elisa Hall	1853-1924			X						Classical
	1953-2012				X					Reggae
	1942-1995			X	X	X				Jazz, swing, bebop, mambo
	1918-2012				X					Jazz
	1953-				X					Pop
	1954-				X					Jazz
	1960-				X					Jazz
	1933-			X						Jazz
Keitaro Harada	1985-		X	X						Classical
	1904-1970		X	X		X				Jazz
	1956-		X	X	x					Classical
	1936-2006		X		X					Jazz
	1946-		X		X					Jazz
	1929-1973			X						Jazz
	1934-1996				X					Jazz
	1960-			X						Jazz, smooth jazz, hip hop
	1904-1969				X			X		Jazz
	1926-2020		X	X	X					Jazz
	1945-		X	X	X	X				Rock
	1935-2019		X	X	X					Classical
	1938-1995		X	X	X					Jazz
	1937-2001				X					Jazz
	1974-			X	x	x				Jazz
	1926-1957			X						Jazz
	1913-1994					X				Jazz
	1913-1987		X	X						Jazz
	1924-1999				X					R&B
	1991-		X	X						Smooth jazz
	1906-1970		X	X						Jazz
	1927-2012			X	X					Jazz
	1953-				X					Jazz, R&B, blues, funk, rock
	1927-				X					Jazz
Michael Holmes	1982-			X	X					Classical
	1964-									Classical
	1926-1993				X					R&B
	1940-			X	X					Blues, rock, R&B
	1942-				X					Classical
	1926-2015				X					R&B
	1992-				X					Smooth jazz, Urban jazz, R&B
	1967-			X	X	X				Jazz, funk, punk, rock
	1947-		X	X	X	X				Progressive rock
	1912-2008				X					Jazz
	1965-				X					Jazz
	1922-2004				X					Jazz
	1903-1968			X						Jazz
	1910-1984				X					Jazz
	1922-1981				X					Jazz
	1941-2021					X				Jazz
	1908-1991			X						Jazz
	1931-				X					Bebop, R&B, blues, jazz
	1888?-1956?									Jazz
	1931-1993		X		X					Jazz
	1935-2023	X	X	X	C	X				Jazz
	1908-1975			X						R&B
	1930-1977				X					Jazz
	1969-			X		X				Jazz
	1953-		X	X	X	X	X			Rock, R&B
	1922-2012				X					Jazz, rock, R&B
			X	X						Classical
John-Edward Kelly	1958-2015			X						Classical
	1943-2014				X	X				Rock
	1935-1977		X	X	X					Free jazz, jazz
	1946-		X	X	X					Smooth jazz
	1915-1991				X					Jazz
	1950-		X	X						Classical
	1959-2004			X						Jazz
	1963-		X	X	X	X				Pop, smooth jazz, jazz
	1927-2020			X						Jazz
	1963-		X	X	X	X				Smooth jazz
	1922-1982			X
	1978-	X	X	X	X	X	X			Jazz
	1946-					X				Funk
	1938-1997		X							Afrobeat
	1962-			X						Afrobeat
	1982-				X					Afrobeat
	1946-		X	X	X					Classical, jazz
Guy Lacour	1932-2013				X					Classical
	1934-2004		X							Jazz
	1927-1998				X					Jazz
	1942-		X	X	X					R&B
	1928-2001				X					Hard bop
	1978-		x		x	X	X			Jazz
	1929-2008			X						Jazz
	1920-2013				X					Jazz
	1975-			X						Jazz
	1888-1945			X						Classical
Clifford Leaman			X	X						Classical
	1963-	X	X	X	X	X				Smooth jazz, jazz, R&B
Cecil Leeson	1902-1989		X	X						Classical
	1903-1943						X			Jazz
	1946-		X	X	X					Jazz
	1946-		X		X					Jazz
	1972-			X						Classical
	1974-				X					Jazz
	1959-			X	X	X	X			Pop, rock
	1938-			X	X					Jazz
	1932-		X	X	X	X				Classical
	1970-			X	X					Jazz
	1952-		X	X	X+C					Jazz
	1960-		X	X	X	X				Classical
Anders Lundegård			X	X						Classical
	1923-2006		X							Jazz
			X	x	X					Jazz
	1946-		X	X	X	X				Rock
	1949-2015				X					Punk rock
	1928-1993				X					Jazz
	1971-			X						Jazz
	1930-1964			X						Jazz
	1943-		X	X	X		X			Progressive rock, jazz fusion
	1939-2005		X		X					Jazz, fusion
	1961-				X					Jazz
	1923-2009		X	X						Jazz, fusion
	1957-		X	X	X					Jazz
	1945-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	Jazz
	1960-		X	X	X	X				Jazz, classical
	1927-1987				X					Jazz
	1943-			X	X					Soul, funk, rock
Lenny Massey	1988-				X					Jazz
	1951-									Jazz
	1982-			X	X					Smooth Jazz
	1940-		X		X					Jazz
	1972-		X	X						Classical
	1927-1998				X					Reggae
	1932-2006			X						Hard bop
	1946-			X	X	X				Hard bop
	1932-1971			X	X			To		Jazz
	1927-2018				X					R&B
	1939-			X						Jazz
	1939-			X	X					Jazz
	1949-			X						Classical
	1930-2001				X					Jazz
					X					R&B, rock
	1939-1980			X	X					Funk
	1911-1991				X					Jazz
	1953-		X		X					Jazz
	1926-2001				X					Jazz
	1940-	X	X	X	X	X	X			Jazz
	1930-1986				X						Jazz
	1927-1993		X		X					Jazz
	1928-2006				X					Jazz
	1925-2010			X	X	X				Jazz
	1951-2021			X						Free jazz
	1965-		x	x	x	X	X			Rock
	1961-2008		X	X	X	X	X			Rock, jazz
	1918-1983				X					R&B
	1933-2007			X						Jazz
	1945-		X	X	X					Rock
	1940-2000		X		X					Jazz
	1952-		X	X	X					Jazz
	1901-2001		X	X						Classical
	1927-1996		X	X	X	X				Jazz
Otis Murphy	1972-		X	X	X					Classical
	1955-				X					Jazz
	1904-1929			X	X	X				Jazz
	1913-1982				X					Jazz
	1915-1967			X						Jazz
	1940-1993			X	X					R&B
	1961-		X	X	X	X				Big band
	1922-2011			X	X					Jazz
	1960-				X					Jazz
	1933-2009		X	X	X	X				Jazz
	1900-1973			X						Jazz
	1930-2009					X				Jazz
	1954-		X	X	X					Jazz
Ryo Noda	1948-			X						Classical
	1960-			X						Pop
	1952-			X						Classical
	1974-			X						Jazz
	1960-		X	X						Jazz
	1942–1992			X	X	X				Jazz, contemporary classical
	1923-1999			X						Smooth jazz
	1945-			X	X					Rock
	1940-2006				X					Rock & roll
	1920-1955			X	X					Bebop
	1944-		X		X					Free improv
	1943-			X	X					R&B, funk
			X		X	X	X			Free jazz
	1942-				X	X				Rock
	1907-1969				X					Swing
	1938-			X						Classical
	1929-1991					X				Jazz
	1922-2007					X				Jazz
	1925-2017				X					Jazz
	1958-									Rock
	1959-				X					Jazz
	1925-1982			X	X					Jazz
	1941-1992				X					Jazz
	1934-				X					Jazz
	1915-2001				X					Jazz
	????-1974			X						Jazz
	1954-		X	X	X	X				R&B, funk
	1964-		X	X	C					Jazz
	1930-1999				X	X				Funk
	1964-		X	X	X	X				Jazz, jazz fusion
	1943-	X	X	X	X					Classical
	1958-		X	X	C	X				Free jazz
	1926-1976				X					Rock & roll
	1935-									Jazz, classical
	1971-		X	X	X					Jazz
	1986-				X					Jazz
	1908-1981		X	X	X	X				Jazz
	1918-1963				X					Jazz
	1927-1988			X						Bebop
	1916-1983				X					Jazz
	1953-		X	X						Classical
	1913-1966						X			Jazz
	1927-2007			X	X					Rock & roll
	1907-2001	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		Classical
	1954-2014			X						Rock
	1951-				X					Rock
	1928-2022			X						Jazz
	1931-2006				X					Free jazz
	1900-1964			X						Jazz
	1969-		X	X	X					Jazz
	1948-2020	X	X	X	X	X	X			Rock
	1926-2015		X		X					Jazz
	1920-2000		X	X	X	X				Jazz, big band
	1940-		X	X	X	X				Jazz
Debra Richtmeyer	1957-		X	X						Classical
	1923-2011		X		X					Jazz
	1993-		X	X						Classical
	1941-2021			X	X					Soul, funk, rock
	1955-		X	X						Classical
	1975-			X						Jazz
	1959-				C	X		X		Jazz
	1904-1956						X			Swing
	1930-				X					Jazz
	1937-				X					Jazz
	1918-1990				X					Jazz
	1956-			X						Free improv
	1924-1988				X					Jazz
	1932-		X	X						Classical
	1912-1995			X						Jazz
	1906-1969				X					Jazz
	1911-1984				X					Jazz
	1949-			X						Classical
	1907-1973			X		X				Jazz
	1945-2024		X	X						Smooth jazz
	1940-		X	X	X					Jazz
	1814-1894	X	X	X	X	X	X			Classical
	1962-				X					Jazz
	1953-		X			X				Jazz
	1905-1964				X					Jazz
	1948-	X	X	X	X	X				Jazz fusion
	1910-1990				X					Jazz
	1907-1963				X					Jazz
	1926-2009			X						Jazz
	1951-		X	X	X					Experimental
	1937-		X	X	X					Jazz
	1957-		X		X					Jazz
	1952-		X	X	X					Jazz
	1942-2011		X		X	X				Rock, jazz
	1925-1989		X	X		X				Bebop
	1933-2023		X	X	X	X				Jazz
	1902-1959		X	X		X				Jazz
	1933-2021			X						Jazz
	1925-1985		X	X	X					Jazz
	1919-2020				X					R&B
	1937-			X						R&B
	1952-			X						Jazz
	1944-			X		X	X			Rock
	1905-????			X	X					Jazz
	1904-1991			X						Jazz
	1945-			X						Rock
	1969-		X	X	X					Smooth jazz, pop, soul, mambo
	1909-1971			X						Jazz, R&B
	1967-		X	X	X					Jazz
	1910-1967			X						Swing
	1956-					X				Jazz
	1937-			X						Jazz
	1943-				X		X			Rock
	1967-				X					Jazz
	1909-1980			X						Swing
	1928-2008			X	X					Jazz
	1926-2003		X		X					Jazz
	1924-1982			X	X	X				Bebop
	1922-2007				X					Bebop
	1931-2020		X	X	X					Jazz
	1928-2006				X					Jazz
	1944-		X			X				Jazz
	1940-				X					Jazz
	1952-			X						Jazz
	1913-2001				X					Jazz
	1960-		X	X	X					Pop, smooth jazz, R&B
	1916-1990		X	X	X					Jazz, R&B, pop
	1936-2012		X		X					Jazz
Larry Teal	1905-1984			X	X					Classical
	1929-2016					X				Jazz
	1906-1932			X						Jazz
	1909-1986				X					Jazz
		X	X	X	X	X	X			Rock
	1944-		X	X	X					Jazz
	1957-			X	X	X				Ska
	1924-2005		X		X					Jazz
	1964-		X		X					Jazz, Rock, Ambient
	1977-		X	X						Contemporary, Classical, World
	1901-1956			X	X	C				Jazz
	1972-		X	X						Classical
	1965-				X					Jazz
	1940-		X	X	X					Space rock
	1934-2000				X					Jazz
	1949-		X	X						Free jazz
	1939-		X	X	X	X				Jazz, rock
	1964-									Jazz
	1979-			X						Jazz
	1916-1992				X					Jazz
	1917-1988			X						Jazz
	1904-1993				X					Jazz
	1957-		X	X	X	X				Classical
	1940-			X	X					Classical
	1949-2012		X	X	X					Jazz
	?				X	x				Punk jazz, alternative rock
	1914-1994			X						Jazz
	1943-1999		X	X	X	X				Smooth jazz, jazz
	1910-1964					X				Jazz
	1944-				X					Jazz
	1902-1998				X					Jazz
	1953-			X						Jazz
	1945-		X	X	X					Jazz, fusion
	1926-2004				X					R&B
	1960-			X	X					Jazz
	1909-1973				X					Jazz
					X					Jazz
	1922-2013			X	X					Jazz
	1904-1994									Jazz
	1958-		X		X					Jazz fusion
	1942-2020			X	X					Jazz
	1955-		X	X	X	X				Jazz, rock
	1967-		X	X						Classical
	1925-2005				X	X				Jazz
	1893-1940			X	C					Classical
	1937-1996		X		X					Jazz
	1922-1999			X	X					Jazz
		X								Jazz
	1955-	X	X	X	X					Jazz, free jazz, acid jazz, rock, funk
				X						Jazz
	1915-2002			X		X				R&B
	1911-1941				X					Jazz
	1961-		X	X						Jazz
	1939-		X	X						Jazz, world music
	1957-			x	X					R&B, soul
			X		X					Jazz
	1944-1983		X	X	X	X				Rock
	1931-2015		X	X						Bebop
	1951-2022	X	X	X						R&B
John Worley	1919-1999			X						Classical
Laurence Wyman				X						Classical
	1909-1959				X					Jazz
	1981-		X	X						Free jazz, Jewish music
	1953-			X						Free jazz
Anders Paulsson	1961-		X							Classical, Jazz
	Timespan	s	S	A	T	B	b	c	sc	Genre

Fictional players

• Bleeding Gums Murphy (The Simpsons)
• Henry Jones Jr. (The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, soprano)

See also

• Lists of musicians
• List of jazz saxophonists