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What saxophones do/did the great players use?


What saxophones do/did the great players use?

Well-Known Member ... Martin players: Tex Beneke (Glenn Miller) Buddy Tate, Earl Bostic (The Martin Alto), Art Pepper (The Martin Alto), Buddy ...

what brand sax did the greats play ? | Sax on the Web Forum

Almost every pro after played on a selmer mark VI when it was available. Seriously, Getz is the only choice.

4 Best Saxophones Ever Made | Brendan Mills Saxophonist Blog

Most saxophonists will agree that the Mk. VI is the finest saxophone ever made and there are endless reviews for other instruments that compare it to the Mk. ...

The Great American Saxophones

The Great American Saxophones · Charlie Parker with a Conn 6M alto. · Johnny Hodges with a Buescher 400 Top Hat & Cane alto. · Lester "Pres" Young ...

The 10 Most Important Saxophone Models and Their Players - Reverb

The most popular, mystical and sought after of all the vintage horns, the Selmer Mark VI has been played by many of the greats, including John ...

What are the Pro's Playing? | Forums - Saxophone.org

There has been a lot of discussion about what saxophones are most popular among professional players. From what I have seen, vintage Selmer ...

10 Legendary Saxophonists and Their Instruments - KGUmusic

He played a Selmer Mark VI. Cannonball Adderley 10. Dexter Gordon. Dexter Gordon was known for his big and bold sound on the tenor saxophone. He ...

When used by professionals, what brands of saxophone ... - Quora

Secondly, Selmers have been hand made almost entirely until recently. Thus, there are great, truly ordinary and terrible Mark VI horns. I always ...

Famous Tenor Saxophone players that play on Yamaha's

Check out Nelson Hill who plays with the Eric Mintel Quartet. He plays Yamaha z's , both alto and tenor . I saw them live and was talking to him, great guy and ...

What is your favourite type of saxophone and why? - Reddit

Soprano is great for ballads or with a small jazz combo. · Alto is a multitasker, great solo in a combo or leading a big band sax section, and ...

The BEST SAXOPHONE In the World… for me - BetterSax

My conclusion in that video is that the Selmer Mark VI is a great saxophone. It is the standard to which all other saxophones are compared. It may not be, ...

The Best Vintage Saxophones Ever Made - YouTube

... Top Hat And Cane” Tenor 8:07 7. 1959 Selmer Mark VI Tenor 8:33 8. 2023 Nexus Select Tenor For any of the vintage saxophones in this video, use ...

Unlocked! Mouthpieces, Reeds & Saxophone Set Up of the Jazz ...

What Mouthpiece Did Ben Webster Use? ... Ben Webster achieved his big, vibrato-laden sound on a metal Otto Link saxophone mouthpiece with a small ...

Choosing your saxophone: all you need to know about the different ...

The soprano saxophone can be found in various musical genres. It is often associated with jazz, where it has been prominently used by musicians like Sidney ...

Which type of Saxophone is best? | Dawkes Music

Other famous modern pop Sax players who use Soprano include Snake Davies who played Saxophone for the UK pop group M People. The Soprano Sax ...

Great Saxophonists From The 1920's Through The Swing Era

The swing era saw many of the greatest saxophone players of all-time come into prominence, and they were the parents and grandparents of what ...

Selecting a Saxophone for Classical and Jazz Performance

Although there are many saxophone brands used by professional saxophonists, the two most popular are Selmer and Yamaha. Selmer saxophones have a long tradition ...

10 Types of Saxophones - The New Complete guide in 2024

The Baritone Saxophone was made popular and “main stream” by saxophone greats like Garry Mulligan. However, the famous Gerry Mulligan proved ...

Saxophone - Wikipedia

The saxophones in widest use are the B♭ soprano, E♭ alto, B♭ tenor, and E♭ baritone. The E♭ sopranino and B♭ bass saxophone are typically used in larger ...

Selmer Saxophones - The models, the players, the history

The Mark VI was being manufactured and used during golden age of jazz in the 1950's and 1960's. So many of the greatest albums in jazz history ...