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Jazz soprano saxophonists

55 jazz musicians in the atlas play soprano saxophone, including Sonny Rollins, Manu Dibango, Wayne Shorter, Gerry Mulligan and Maynard Ferguson. Open a profile for dates, discography and line-ups.

Sonny Rollins 1930–2026 · American jazz saxophonist and composer (1930–2026) Manu Dibango 1933–2020 · Cameroonian musician and songwriter, recording artist… Wayne Shorter 1933–2023 · American jazz saxophonist and composer (1933–2023) Gerry Mulligan 1927–1996 · American jazz musician and composer (1927–1996) Maynard Ferguson 1928–2006 · Canadian jazz musician and bandleader (1928–2006) Paquito D'Rivera b. 1948 · Cuban musician Archie Shepp b. 1937 · American jazz musician Abdullah Ibrahim 1934–2026 · South African pianist and composer (1934–2026) Lee Konitz 1927–2020 · American jazz musician (1927–2020) Artie Shaw 1910–2004 · American clarinetist, composer, and bandleader (1910-2004) Klaus Doldinger 1936–2025 · German musician, composer, bandleader and saxophonist… Marcus Miller b. 1959 · American musician, composer and producer Steve Lacy 1934–2004 · American jazz musician (1934–2004) Sadao Watanabe b. 1933 · Japanese jazz saxophonist, composer, bandmaster (1933-) John Surman b. 1944 · British saxophonist and clarinetist Michał Urbaniak 1943–2025 · Polish jazz musician (1943–2025) Dave Liebman b. 1946 · American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist Oliver Nelson 1932–1975 · American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger… Joshua Redman b. 1969 · American jazz saxophonist and composer Jimmy Heath 1926–2020 · American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band… Chico Freeman b. 1949 · American saxophonist Sam Rivers 1923–2011 · American jazz musician and composer (1923-2011) Oliver Lake b. 1942 · American musician (born 1942) Sonny Fortune 1939–2018 · American saxophonist (1939–2018) Gary Bartz b. 1940 · American jazz saxophonist (born 1940) James Carter b. 1969 · American musician Mark Turner b. 1965 · American saxophonist and composer Bob Berg 1951–2002 · American jazz saxophonist (1951–2002) Alfred Ellis 1941–2021 · American saxophonist (1941–2021) Lou Marini b. 1945 · American saxophonist, arranger and composer Ricky Ford b. 1954 · American jazz tenor saxophonist Theo Loevendie b. 1930 · Dutch composer Marius Neset b. 1985 · Norwegian jazz saxophonist and composer Stefano di Battista b. 1969 · Italian musician Jim Pepper 1941–1992 · American Kaw-Muscogee Creek jazz musician (1941-1992) Tineke Postma b. 1978 · Dutch saxophonist Sahib Shihab 1925–1989 · American jazz musician, saxophonist and flutist (1925–1989) Bob Wilber 1928–2019 · jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United… Ernie Wilkins 1920–1999 · American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger Azar Lawrence b. 1953 · American musician David Sánchez b. 1968 · Puerto Rican musician Alan Skidmore b. 1942 · British saxophonist Vi Redd 1928–2022 · American jazz altosaxophonist, singer and educator… Lennart Åberg 1942–2021 · Swedish saxophonist (1942–2021) Heinz Sauer b. 1932 · German jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader Alan Wakeman b. 1947 · English musician Antti Sarpila b. 1964 · Finnish jazz clarinetist Leszek Żądło b. 1945 · Polish jazz musician Jim Galloway 1936–2014 · Canadian musician (1936–2014) Bob Malach b. 1954 · American musician Pony Poindexter 1926–1988 · American musician (1926-1988) Bruno Spoerri b. 1935 · Swiss musician Craig Handy b. 1962 · American tenor saxophonist J. R. Monterose 1927–1993 · American musician (1927–1993) Paul Shapiro b. 1956 · American musician; jazz, world, and klezmer saxophonist…