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• Melvin Llord (Admin)

  

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  July 17, 2011 1:08:17 PM EDT

  
  
  Who is in your five?
  
  Please share who are the top 5 saxophonists who have influenced you the most. I will start with mine: (Not necessarily in order)
  
  1) Eric Marienthal
  2) Cannonball Adderley
  3) Tom Scott
  4) Warren Hill
  5) Ernie Watts
  
  
   

  
  This post was edited by Melvin Llord (Admin) at July 19, 2011 10:31:50 AM EDT
• Alain Londes

  

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  July 17, 2011 1:46:17 PM EDT

  It's a tough one..
  
  1) Stanley Turrentine
  2) Sonny Rollins
  3) Benny Golson
  4) Joe Henderson
  5) Dexter Gordon
  
  wish the list was longer
• Karen Greene

  

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  July 17, 2011 1:53:01 PM EDT

  1) Eric Marienthal
  2) Phil Woods
  3) Stanley Turrentine
  4) Tom Scott
  5) Ernie Watts
• Patrick Trahan

  

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  July 17, 2011 2:57:07 PM EDT

  It's such a hard question, bit here it goes:
  Joshua Redman
  Harvey Pittel
  Kenny Garret
  Sonny Stitt
  John Coltrane
  
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  July 17, 2011 3:08:49 PM EDT

  1)Gerald Albright 2)Eric Marienthal 3)Joshua redman 4)Tom scott 5)Cannonbal adderley
• Jeff Kirschenbaum

  

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  July 17, 2011 3:54:09 PM EDT

  1. Coleman Hawkins
  2. Phil Woods
  3.John Coltrane
  4.Cannonball Adderley
  5.Bird
• Henry Ceron Herrera

  

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  July 17, 2011 4:45:33 PM EDT

  Melvin Llord said:
  

  Who is in your five?
  
  Please share who are the top 5 saxophonists who have influenced you the most. I will start with mine: (Not necessarily in order)
  
  1) Eric Marienthal
  2) Cannonball Adderley
  3) Tom Scott
  4) Warren Hill
  5) Ernie Watts
  
  1) Dexter Gordon

  2) Ben Webster
  3) Lester Young

  4)Denis Solee

  5)John Coltraine

   

• Cory Barnfield

  

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  July 17, 2011 8:43:20 PM EDT

  1. Dale Underwood
  2. Otis Murphy
  3. Jerome Laran
  4. Christian Wirth
  5. Candy Dulfer
• Larry Brown

  

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  July 17, 2011 9:27:15 PM EDT

  Not in any particular order...

   

  Bird

  Cannonball

  Dexter Gordon

  Scott Hamilton

  Phil Woods

• Antonio Luis Orta

  

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  July 17, 2011 9:34:19 PM EDT

  Bird
  Cannonball
  Paquito d'Rivera
  Kenny Garrett
  Sonny Stitt
• Frankie Perez

  

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  July 18, 2011 1:31:47 AM EDT

  1. Michael Brecker
  2. Dexter Gordon
  3. Cannonball Adderley
  4. Phil Woods
  5. David Sanborn
• Christopher Mickel

  

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  July 18, 2011 11:15:40 AM EDT

  I listen to so many players it's really hard to decide.  Off the top of my head and in no particular order:

   

  1. Michael Brecker

  2. John Coltrane

  3. Wayne Shorter

  4. Joe Henderson

  5. Johnny Griffin

   

  But as far as alto players go, it would probably be something like this:

   

  1. Bird

  2. Eric Marienthal

  3. Dick Oatts

  4. Cannonball Adderly

  5. Kenny Garrett

   

  Furthermore, some of my favorite classical players are:

   

  1. Claude Delangle

  2. Vincent David

  3. John Moore

  4. Pat Meighan

  5. Michael Ibrahim

   

  Again, there are so many greats.  I hate to narrow it to just five.  I could list over 100 musicians who have inspired me.  But maybe threasd like this can help open our eyes to music we may not have heard yet.  So, in that respect I hope my lists are of some help.    

  
  This post was edited by Christopher Mickel at July 18, 2011 4:20:04 PM EDT
• Christopher Greco

  

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  July 18, 2011 10:55:22 PM EDT

  1. Johnny Hodges
  2. Bird
  3. Dexter Gordon
  4. Cannonball
  5.Sonny Rollins
• Hart Linker

  

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  July 20, 2011 10:47:10 AM EDT

  My "Classical Saxophone" Influences include:

  Dr. Steven Mauk, Mr. Gary Louie, Mr. Joesph Lulloff, Dr. James Kalyn, Dr. Gail Levinsky, and Mr. Sam Skelton

   

  My "Overall" Top Five Saxophonist (in no particular order): Donald Sinta, John Coltrane, Eugene Rousseau, Chris Potter, James Forger 

• Michal Ochab

  

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  July 23, 2011 6:27:07 AM EDT

  1. Marcel Mule

  2. Sigurd Rascher

  3. Jean-Maria Londeix

  4. Claude Delangle

  5. Arno Bornkamp

  
  This post was edited by Michal Ochab at July 23, 2011 6:30:30 AM EDT
• Daniele E. Lucchetta

  

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  September 14, 2011 9:34:13 AM EDT

  1) Bird

  2) Coltrane

  3) Getz

  4) Shepp

  5) Dexter

   

  6) Pepper ;)

  
  This post was edited by Daniele E. Lucchetta at September 14, 2011 9:35:58 AM EDT
• Ben Britton

  

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  September 17, 2011 12:05:48 AM EDT

  5 alive
  Sonny Rollins
  Joe Lovano
  Chris Potter
  Mark Turner
  Chris Cheek
  
  5 dead
  Charlie Parker
  John Coltrane
  Joe Henderson
  Cannonball Adderly
  Coleman Hawkins
  
• Russ Paladino

  

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  November 18, 2011 7:47:17 AM EST

  Tenor:
  1. Trane
  2. Brecker
  3 Rollins
  4. Dexter
  5. Turrentine
  
  Alto:
  1. Cannonball
  2 Phil Woods
  3 Bird
  4. David Sanborn
  5. Art Pepper
  
  Later guys:
  1. Chris Potter
  2. Joshua Redman
  3. Kenny Garrett
  4. Bergonzi
  5. Bob Franceschini.
• Abraaão Martins

  

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  January 20, 2012 10:27:12 AM EST

  My top five saxophone players (for now) are:
  
  1) David Sandborn
  2) Eric Darius
  3) Kaori Kobayashi
  4) Najee
  5) Darren Rahn
• Jean-Philippe Côté

  

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  March 5, 2012 10:56:46 PM EST

  Hmmm, let's try that:
  1) Sonny Rollins
  2) Joe Lovano
  3) Yusef Lateef
  4) Yannick Rieu
  5) Dexter Gordon
  
  I can say that this is my top 5 for at least 2 years...