Coleman Hawkins (1904 – 1969) was thrown into an unfamiliar jazz world when he returned from Europe in 1939, but he adapted quickly to the challenges and remained one of the most active and creative jazz tenorsax artists…

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Leonard Ware (1909 – 1974) was one of the pioneers on the electric guitar, more or less forgotten today, but an interesting and personal artist…

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Donald Sleet (1938 – 1986) was a remarkably talented young white trumpeter who had all it takes to become legendary but after a few brilliant recording sessions in the early 1960s, he disappeared from the jazz scene.

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Benny Carter (1907 – 2003) was a multi-instrumentalist, mostly known for his wonderful altosax playing and also brilliant trumpet, but did you know he also mastered the tenorsax?

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Allen Eager (1927 – 2003) was in the year of 1947 the hottest white tenorsax performer on the jazz stage, and although this colourful personality chose to limit his career to a few brilliant years, his music is so exciting to this very day…

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Johnny Hodges (1906 – 1970) was one of the greatest altosax players in jazz history, also a master of the sopranosax, playing with the Duke Ellington orchestra almost all his life, with an enormous production of masterworks in all tempi…

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Dicky Wells (1909 – 1985) was one of the greatest trombone players ever in jazz, and his recordings in Paris 1937 almost redefined how the instrument should be played …

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Kenneth Hollon (1909 – 1974) was a fine tenorsax player in the golden thirties and early forties but disappeared much too early from the jazz scene…

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Pete Brown (1906 – 1963) was a highly original altosax player, known for his staccato and jumping style, with his roots in the thirties…

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Dave Schildkraut (1925 – 1998) was a brilliant altosax player, closer in style to Bird than any of his white contemporaries but not competitive enough to achieve the status he deserved…

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