Pick your 3 favourite sax players

[supersonic]

Charles gayle
sonny simmons
arthur rhames

[caruso]

Stan Getz
Michael Brecker
Joshua Redman

[aserov]

Dexter Gordon
Johnny Griffin
Cannonball Adderley

[Taragot]

Jan Garbarek
Branford Marsalis
Paul McCandless
(Eric Dolphy, Cannonball Adderley, Coltrane, Joe Farell)

[Ken]

I had trouble coming up with 3. The first two are obvious
Zoot Sims: The swingin'est tenor ever
Stan Getz: The sound
Lucky Thompson: Through my current teacher I've come to appreciate players like this and Junior Cook more. Understated and soulful.

[Augman]

desmond
Trane
Getz
dexter

[TenorHack]

Only three is tough, but in the end it probably comes down to:

Sonny Rollins
Dexter Gordon
John Coltrane

[Coolie]

Art Pepper
Stan Getz
Cannonball Adderley

[rispoli]

Dexter Gordon
John Coltrane
Coleman Hawkins

[Jey Bros]

Michael Brecker
Richard Reiter of Crossing Point
Cornelius Bumpus


I also like Saori Yano, a Japanese female alto player..

[Shady]

here we go...

Chris Brecker
Stan Garrett
Joshua Liebman

[trice]

Since the OP didn't say which 3 favorites, here are #'s 8, 9, and 10. To keep things interesting.

Frank Wess
Buddy Collette
James Moody

[Mike1955]

Why is it always the best 3? Why can't it ever be the best 37?
Well okay...I'll try...And this is just off the top of my head....

1.Adolphe Sax ( Did he even play it?)
2.Lucille Ball ( Her version of glow worm is still unparalleled)
3.Zoot of the Muppets (How can ya not acknowledge Zoot?)

[Smokey613]

1. Ben Webster
2. Stan Getz
3. Boots Randolph

[ChiTownJazz80]

1. Lester Young
2. Charlie Parker
3. Gene Ammons

[Tim Price]

Paul Gonsalvez

Charlie Ventura

Ben Webster



Next week might be different

[rleitch]

Mine change all the time, but its always:

Eddie Vinson
John Coltrane
Dexter Gordon

[LAP13]

Boots Randolph

Candy Dulfer

Stan Getz


I think...
Subject to change at any moment in time ;-)

[Westerly64]

Too many to narrow down to just three, but lately I've been listening to a lot of:

Art Pepper
Dick Oatts
Joe Lovano

[drtran]

John Coltrane
Cannonball
Sigurd Rascher