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Jazz soprano saxophonists

56 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.

The soprano saxophone is a small, high-pitched member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented in the 1840s by Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax. Built in B♭, an octave above the tenor saxophone (or rarely, slightly smaller in C), the soprano is the smallest of the four saxophones in common use (the others being the alto, tenor and baritone), although there are smaller rare instruments such as the soprillo and sopranino.

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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) Bob Wilber 1928–2019 · jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United… Alfred Ellis 1941–2021 · American saxophonist (1941–2021) Marius Neset b. 1985 · Norwegian jazz saxophonist and composer Lou Marini b. 1945 · American saxophonist, arranger and composer Ricky Ford b. 1954 · American jazz tenor saxophonist Stefano di Battista b. 1969 · Italian musician Theo Loevendie b. 1930 · Dutch composer Antti Sarpila b. 1964 · Finnish jazz clarinetist 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) Azar Lawrence b. 1953 · American musician David Sánchez b. 1968 · Puerto Rican musician Heinz Sauer b. 1932 · German jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader Ernie Wilkins 1920–1999 · American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger Bruno Spoerri b. 1935 · Swiss musician Alan Skidmore b. 1942 · British saxophonist Leszek Żądło b. 1945 · Polish jazz musician Vi Redd 1928–2022 · American jazz altosaxophonist, singer and educator… Lennart Åberg 1942–2021 · Swedish saxophonist (1942–2021) Jim Galloway 1936–2014 · Canadian musician (1936–2014) Bob Malach b. 1954 · American musician Alan Wakeman b. 1947 · English musician Craig Handy b. 1962 · American tenor saxophonist Tia Fuller b. 1976 · American musician Pony Poindexter 1926–1988 · American musician (1926-1988) J. R. Monterose 1927–1993 · American musician (1927–1993) Paul Shapiro b. 1956 · American musician; jazz, world, and klezmer saxophonist…