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    Michael Smith (born March 3, 1957) is an American jazz saxophonist who has released albums as leader on Delmark Records, and his own labels Fastrax and...
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  • executive Mike Smith (jazz saxophonist) (born 1957), American jazz saxophonist Mike Smith (singer-songwriter) (born 1939), American singer-songwriter Mike Smith...
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    recording her album The Hope Six Demolition Project. Smith was originally hired as a saxophonist when Blur toured with a brass section in 1994. He later...
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    Chris Potter (born January 1, 1971) is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. Potter first came to prominence as a sideman...
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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...
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    Mike Elliott (born 6 August 1929) is a Jamaican-born British saxophonist. He played on ska recordings in the early 1960s and on pop and soul music hits...
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  • Julian Smith (born 21 April 1969 from Birmingham) is an English saxophonist and music teacher from Birmingham, England. He is also known by his stage name...
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    Thomas William Ellis Smith OBE (born 27 April 1967) is a Scottish jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator. Smith was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, to Scottish...
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    Eric Alexander (born August 4, 1968) is an American jazz saxophonist. Alexander was born in Illinois. He began as a classical musician, studying alto saxophone...
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    saxophonist, and composer (died 1997). 22 – Harrison Ridley Jr., American jazz presenter (died 2009). 24 – Odean Pope, American tenor saxophonist. 26...
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    composer (born 1935). 9 – Floyd Bean, American jazz pianist (born 1904). 22 – Sam Donahue, American tenor saxophonist, trumpeter and musical arranger (born 1918)...
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    Lonnie Liston Smith Jr. (born December 28, 1940) is an American jazz, soul, and funk musician who played with such jazz artists as Pharoah Sanders and...
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  • Christian to join small groups. In the 1930s, Kansas City Jazz as exemplified by tenor saxophonist Lester Young marked the transition from big bands to the...
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  • Brian Smith (born 3 January 1939 in Wellington) is a retired New Zealand jazz saxophonist and flautist. Smith studied piano in his youth but was primarily...
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    Lou Gare, English saxophonist (died 2017). 22 – Heikki Sarmanto, Finnish jazz pianist, composer 26 – George Braith, American saxophonist. 30 – Tony Hatch...
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    John Coltrane (category American jazz soprano saxophonists)
    was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century...
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    late 1950s. Many Jews became successful in the jazz industry through performing or promoting jazz music. Mike Gerber has written extensively on this, covering...
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    10 – Mike Melvoin, American pianist, composer, and arranger (died 2012). 15 – Karin Krog, Norwegian vocalist. 24 Archie Shepp, American saxophonist. Charly...
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    Karl Denson (category American jazz saxophonist stubs)
    Karl Denson (born December 27, 1956) is an American funk and jazz saxophonist, flutist and vocalist from Santa Ana, California. He plays with the Rolling...
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    Pharoah Sanders (category American jazz saxophonists)
    Lee Sanders; October 13, 1940 – September 24, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. Known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on...
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    of a group that Sydney alto saxophonist Frank Smith put together as the house band at "The Embers", a very successful jazz club in Melbourne that also...
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    Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London's premier jazz club, where he often played in bands that supported such touring American jazz saxophonists as Coleman Hawkins...
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  • Mike Falana was a Nigerian jazz trumpeter and highlife genre musician. He has been a member of several groups in the 1960s that included well-known musicians...
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    trombonist (died 1980). 9 – Carson Smith, American upright bassist (died 1997). 12 – Roland Alphonso, Jamaican tenor saxophonist (died 1998). 14 – Caterina Valente...
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    led by saxophonist Tommy Smith. He has worked as George Russell's guitarist, recording with him on several occasions, and with the Creative Jazz Orchestra...
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    British saxophonist. 8 – Mike Miller, American guitarist. 10 – Alex Foster, American saxophonist. 12 – Odd Riisnæs, Norwegian saxophonist. 21 – Joanie...
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    Ian Villafana, American guitarist and songwriter. March 3 – Mike Smith, American saxophonist. 8 Billy Childs, American pianist. William Edward Childs, American...
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    2017-04-29. Chinen, Nate (2010-06-24). "Tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson nurtured generations of Chicago jazz". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2016-11-06. Ratliff...
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    John McLaughlin and Frank Zappa, saxophonist Wayne Shorter, and bassists Jaco Pastorius and Stanley Clarke. Jazz fusion was also popular in Japan where...
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    Jim Pepper (category American jazz saxophonists)
    Jim Gilbert Pepper II (June 18, 1941 – February 10, 1992) was a jazz saxophonist, composer and singer of Kaw and Muscogee Creek Native American heritage...
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