I might be slightly biased given my background as a saxophonist, but it’s still fair to say that the most famous saxophone players in history are responsible for a HUGE proportion ofthe greatest jazz albums and groups of all time.
From early pioneers such as Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins, to players like Charlie Parker and John Coltrane who brought the style into the mid-20th Century, we put together a list of, arguably, the best saxophone players who have ever lived.
We then expanded it with 10 of the most famous modern jazz saxophone players to bring us right up to date in the 21st Century.