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jazz saxophone

Last updated: Wed Oct 22 2025 09:29:56 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)

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Jazz saxophone represents the quintessential sound of jazz through the instrument's smooth, expressive tones and improvisational freedom. The saxophone serves as the melodic voice in countless jazz compositions, from bebop's rapid-fire runs to cool jazz's laid-back phrasing and fusion's contemporary edge. Its warm, versatile timbre captures jazz's emotional depth and technical virtuosity across decades of evolution.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
68		1955	Lester Young	Jazz Masters 30 - Lester Young	jazz
94		1956	Serge Chaloff	Blue Serge	jazz jazz saxophone smooth jazz
1		1962	Coleman Hawkins	Bean's Talking Again	jazz jazz saxophone
96		1963	Booker Ervin	The Freedom Book	jazz jazz saxophone
87		1963-02	Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan	Two Of A Mind	jazz saxophone
66		1964	Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski	Polish Jazz Quartet	jazz jazz saxophone polish jazz quartet	polish jazz # 74 quartet # 93
42		1965	The Oscar Peterson Trio	Stan Getz And The Oscar Peterson Trio	jazz jazz saxophone
71		1965	John Coltrane & Archie Shepp	New Thing at Newport	jazz jazz saxophone usa
82		1965	Paul Desmond	Glad to Be Unhappy	jazz
78		1970	John Coltrane	The Definitive John Coltrane On Prestige And Riverside	blues jazz jazz saxophone
8		1971	Dexter Gordon	Heartache - Live Montmatre Jazzhouse 1965	jazz jazz saxophone usa
17		1971	Stanley Turrentine	Sugar	jazz
72		1975	David Sanborn	Taking Off	jazz jazz saxophone smooth jazz usa
35		1975-03-01	Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek	Luminessence
88		1976	The Brecker Brothers	Back To Back	fusion jazz jazz fusion jazz saxophone jazz trumpet	jazz trumpet # 92
32		1976	Chico Freeman	Morning Prayer	jazz saxophone
61		1976	Archie Shepp	New Thing At Newport	jazz
77		1977	The Brecker Brothers	Don't Stop The Music	fusion fusion jazz jazz jazz fusion jazz rock jazz saxophone jazz trumpet usa	jazz trumpet # 81 fusion jazz # 87
54		1979	Count Basie	Basie & Zoot	jazz jazz saxophone usa
53		1982	Sonny Rollins	Reel Life	fusion jazz saxophone
65		1983	Dave Brubeck	1975: The Duets	jazz saxophone usa
22		1984	Jan Garbarek	Twelve Moons	jazz
39		1984	David Sanborn	Straight To The Heart	jazz
62		1985	Wayne Shorter	Blue Series : Vol. 2-Afro Blue	bebop jazz jazz saxophone
27		1986	Tomasz Szukalski	Tina Kamila	jazz jazz saxophone polish jazz	polish jazz # 31
11		1986	D-For	Intersection	jazz saxophone
93		1988-09-06	Michael Brecker	Don't Try This At Home	instrumental jazz saxophone usa
73		1988-11	Dexter Gordon	Body And Soul	jazz jazz saxophone usa
55		1989	Andy Sheppard	Introductions In The Dark	jazz jazz saxophone
14		1990	Andy Sheppard	Soft on the Inside	jazz saxophone
83		1990	Kenny Garrett	African Exchange Student	jazz jazz saxophone
89		1990-10	Michael Brecker	Now You See It... (Now You Don't)	jazz jazz fusion jazz saxophone usa
81		1991	Joe Henderson	The Best Of Joe Henderson	jazz jazz saxophone
9		1992	Ben Webster	Ben Webster 100 Years - the Brute And The Beautiful	jazz jazz saxophone usa
21		1992	Andy Sheppard	Live At Smash!	jazz saxophone
58		1992	Courtney Pine	To The Eyes Of Creation	jazz jazz saxophone
98		1992-08	The Brecker Brothers	Return Of The Brecker Brothers	fusion jazz jazz fusion jazz saxophone usa
44		1993	Andy Sheppard	Rhythm Method	jazz jazz saxophone
70		1993-05-26	Sonny Rollins	Work Time	jazz jazz saxophone usa
19		1994	Brecker Brothers	Electric Jazz Fusion	jazz fusion jazz saxophone jazz trumpet usa	jazz trumpet # 26
18		1994	Andy Sheppard	Delivery Suite	jazz jazz saxophone
31		1994	Lynne Arriale	Nuance - the bennett studio sessions	jazz jazz saxophone smooth jazz
79		1994-09-13	The Brecker Brothers	Out of the Loop	jazz fusion	jazz trumpet # 83
23		1994-11-08	Johnny Hodges	Verve Jazz Masters 35	jazz
64		1995	Ken Vandermark	Ideas	jazz jazz saxophone
91		1996-09-24	David Sanborn	Songs From The Night Before	instrumental jazz jazz saxophone smooth jazz usa
50		1998	Hans Ulrik	Jazz and Mambo	jazz saxophone
63		1998	McCoy Tyner	Infinity	jazz jazz piano jazz saxophone usa
84		1998	Michael Brecker	Now You See It... Now You Don't	jazz jazz fusion jazz saxophone usa
90		1998	Michael Brecker	Now You See It ... (Now You Don't)	jazz jazz fusion jazz saxophone usa
74		1998	Joshua Redman	Still Dreaming (feat. Ron Miles, Scott Colley & Brian Blade)
85		1998-08-25	Stan Getz	Ultimate Stan Getz	jazz jazz saxophone usa
10		1999	Zim Ngqawana	Ingoma	avant-garde jazz jazz jazz saxophone south africa south african	south african # 36
24		1999	Cecil Payne	Payne's Window	jazz saxophone
69		1999-02-11	Michael Brecker	Time Is Of The Essence	jazz
12		2000	Fresh	Fresh	fusion jazz jazz fusion jazz saxophone russian
29		2000	Billy Harper	Soul of an Angel	jazz
28		2001	Boys Band Trio	Curvatura Grande	jazz saxophone polish jazz	polish jazz # 33
59		2001	Miles Davis & John Coltrane	The Best of Miles Davis & John Coltrane: 1955-1961	jazz jazz saxophone jazz trumpet	jazz trumpet # 55
16		2001	Fredrik Lundin Overdrive	Choose Your Boots	jazz saxophone
25		2001	Yuri Honing	Desire	jazz jazz saxophone
38		2001	Dexter Gordon	Love for Sale	jazz jazz saxophone usa
97		2002	Stan Getz	Jazz Moods - Cool	jazz jazz saxophone latin jazz	latin jazz # 62
7		2002	Custom Trio	Back Point	jazz jazz saxophone polish jazz
100		2002	Jim Tomlinson	Brazilian Sketches	jazz saxophone
34		2002-03	Andy Sheppard	Nocturnal Tourist	jazz jazz saxophone
6		2003	Juhani Aaltonen Trio	Mother Tongue	jazz jazz bass jazz saxophone	jazz bass # 32
92		2003-09-30	David Sanborn	Time Again	jazz jazz fusion jazz saxophone smooth jazz
95		2004	Joe Henderson	In 'N Out (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)	jazz jazz saxophone
3		2005-08-29	Bendik Hofseth	Itaka	jazz jazz saxophone
4		2006	Harry Tavitian / Mihai Iordache	Balcaz	acoustic avant-garde jazz balkan flute jazz saxophone oriental piano
30		2006	Hans Ulrik	Tribal Dance	jazz saxophone
57		2006-05-09	The Bennie Maupin Ensemble	Penumbra	jazz jazz saxophone
41		2006-09-04	John Coltrane	The Very Best Of	jazz jazz saxophone usa
46		2007-11-19	Theo Travis	Double Talk	ambient instrumental jazz saxophone
45		2008	Wojciech Staroniewicz	Alternations	jazz jazz saxophone polish jazz	polish jazz # 52
37		2008	David Sanborn	Here & Gone	jazz
40		2008	Jan Harbeck Quartet	In The Still Of The Night	jazz saxophone
2		2008-01-31	Nordic Trinity	Eternal Echoes	jazz saxophone
36		2008-11-04	Iordache	The Lazy Prince	acoustic avant-garde jazz bass funk jazz jazz saxophone jazz trio smooth jazz	jazz trio # 37
56		2009-03-16	Bendik Hofseth	XI	jazz jazz saxophone
43		2009-06-16	Ralph Bowen	Dedicated	jazz jazz saxophone
67		2010-01-25	David Sanborn	Only Everything	jazz smooth jazz
99		2010-06-28	Kenny G	Heart And Soul	jazz jazz saxophone usa
26		2011	Maciej Obara Quartet	Equilibrium	jazz jazz saxophone polish jazz	polish jazz # 30
49		2011	Gary Bartz	Coltrane Rules: Tao of a Music Warrior	jazz jazz saxophone
60		2011	Tineke Postma	The Dawn of Light	jazz jazz saxophone
75		2011	John Coltrane	The Complete Atlantic Recordings: Heavyweight Champion	jazz jazz saxophone
76		2011	Håkon Kornstad	Symphonies In My Head	jazz jazz saxophone
47		2011-04	Oprachina	OPRA CHINA	avant-garde jazz bass contemporary jazz double bass european jazz instrumental jazz chillout jazz saxophone modern jazz	jazz bass # 7 chamber jazz # 39 double bass # 88 european jazz # 95
33		2011-11-22	Joe Lovano	Kids: Live At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola	jazz jazz saxophone usa
48		2012-01-27	Andy Sheppard	Trio Libero	jazz jazz saxophone
80		2013-02-08	Chris Potter	The Sirens	jazz jazz saxophone
5		2014-01-17	Arild Andersen, Paolo Vinaccia, Tommy Smith	Mira		jazz double bass # 87
15		2014-09-19	Karl Seglem	Som spor	jazz jazz saxophone
51		2015-12-24	Seamus Blake	Sun Sol	jazz jazz saxophone
13		2017-08-18	fresh	Fresh	fusion jazz jazz fusion jazz saxophone russian
20			Iordache	iordache dissipatin'	ambient contemporary jazz electric guitar electronica jazz jazz saxophone	electric guitar # 65
52			Sax & Moryson	The Wonderful Sax Is You	smooth jazz ambient jazz lounge	ibiza # 42
86			Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane	Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane	jazz jazz piano jazz saxophone usa

Related genres

• jazz
• usa
• polish jazz
• jazz fusion
• smooth jazz
• jazz trumpet
• fusion
• jazz piano
• avant-garde jazz
• instrumental