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Saxophonist

A saxophonist is a musician who plays the saxophone.

Famous saxophonists include:

Albert Ayler
Anthony Braxton[?]
Sidney Bechet
Michael Brecker[?]
Ornette Coleman
John Coltrane
Lol Coxhill
Paul Desmond
Dexter Gordon
Wardell Gray
Coleman Hawkins
Johnny Hodges
Illinois Jacquet
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Steve Lacy
Jackie McLean
Marcel Mule
Charlie Parker ("Bird")
Evan Parker[?]
Adolphe Sax
Sonny Stitt[?]
Frankie Trumbauer[?] ("Tram")
Rudy Weidoeft
Lester Young[?] ("Prez")
John Zorn

Sax players in fiction:

Bleeding Gums Murphy
Lisa Simpson
McClintic Sphere

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