Alto Saxophone                                                  Listening log

Julian "Cannonball" Adderley

Patrick Bartley

Ornette Coleman

Braxton Cook

Paul Desmond

Eric Dolphy

Tia Fuller

Kenny Garrett

Johnny Hodges

Grace Kelly

Lee Konitz

Eric Marienthal

Jackie McLean

Dick Oatts

Charlie Parker

Art Pepper

David Sanborn

Sonny Stitt

Phil Woods

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Tenor Saxophone 

Melissa Aldana

Michael Brecker

Derek Brown

Jeff Coffin

John Coltrane 

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

Nubya Garcia

Stan Getz

Benny Golson

Dexter Gordon

Coleman Hawkins

Jimmy Heath

Joe Henderson

Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Chad Lefkowitz-Brown

Joe Lovano

Brandford Marsalis

Don Menza

Bob Mintzer

Hank Mobley

Joshua Redman

Bob Reynolds

Sonny Rollins

Wayne Shorter

Camille Thurman

Kamasi Washington

Ben Webster

Ben Wendel

Lester Young (Pres)

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Bari sax 

Pepper Adams

Serge Chaloff

Gerry Mulligan

Leo Parker 

Cecil Payne

Leo Pellegrino

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Soprano Saxophone

Sidney Bechet
John Coltrane

Dave Liebman

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Trumpet

Nat Adderley

Louis Armstrong

Chet Baker

Bix Beiderbecke

Chris Botti

Randy Brecker

Clifford Brown

Donald Byrd

Miles Davis

Kenny Dorham

Roy Eldridge

Jon Faddis

Maynard Ferguson 

John Dizzy Gillespie

Roy Hargrove

Freddie Hubbard

Thad Jones

Wynton Marsalis 

Hugh Masekela

Lee Morgan 

Fats Navarro

Joe "King" Oliver

Arturo Sandoval

Woody Shaw

Bobby Shew

Doc Severinsen

Clark Terry

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Trombone 

Curtis Fuller

Slide Hampton

Conrad Herwig

J.J. Johnson

Glenn Miller

Melba Liston

Aubrey Logan

Jeffery Miller

Edward "Kid" Ory

Jack Teagarden

Bill Watrous

Kai Winding

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Piano

Toshiko Akiyoshi

Count Basie

Dave Brubeck

Emmet Cohen

Chick Corea

Duke Ellington

Bill Evans

Tommy Flanagan

Red Garland

Erroll Garner

Jeff Goldblum

Herbie Hancock

Fletcher Henderson

Earl Hines

Abdullah Ibrahim

Ahmad Jamal

Keith Jarrett

Wynton Kelly

John Lewis

Thelonious Monk

Oscar Peterson

Bud Powell

Horace Silver

Art Tatum

Cecil Taylor

Lennie Tristano

McCoy Tyner

Fats Waller

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Guitar

John Abercrombie

Lenny Breau

Kenny Burrell

Charlie Christian

Bill Frisell

Freddie Green

Jim Hall

Barney Kessel

Pat Martino

Pat Metheny

John Mclaughlin

Wes Montgomery

Joe Pass

Jimmy Raney

Django Reinhardt

Andrew Renfroe

John Scofield

Ronnie Singer

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Drums

Tony Allen

Art Blakey

Kenny Clarke

Jimmy Cobb

Roy Haynes

Elvin Jones

Philly Joe Jones

Connie Kay

Gene Krupa

Mel Lewis

Shelly Manne

Joe Morello

Paul Motian

Buddy Rich

Max Roach

Viola Smith

Art Taylor

Tony Williams

Shadow Wilson

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Bass

Jimmy Blanton

Ray Brown

Dan Chmielinski

Ron Carter

Paul Chambers

Eddie Gomez

Percy Heath

Marc Johnson

Scott LaFaro

Christian McBride

Charles Mingus

Jaco Pastorius

Esperanza Spalding

Victor Wooten

Eugene Wright

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Vocalists 

Nat King Cole

Martina DaSilva

Doris Day

Frank Sinatra

Ella Fitzgerald

Judy Garland

Johnny Hartman

Billie Holiday

Norah Jones

Diana Krall

Peggy Lee

Ma Rainey

Bessie Smith

Esperanza Spalding

Jo Stafford

Sarah Vaughn

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Clarinet

Benny Goodman

Artie Shaw

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Vibraphone 

Gary Burton

Bobby Hutcherson

Lionel Hampton

Milt Jackson

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essential albums​

Basie Straight Ahead - Count Basie

The Complete Atomic Basie - Count Basie

Time Out - Dave Brubeck

Giant Steps - John Coltrane

A Love Supreme - John Coltrane

Birth of the Cool - Miles Davis

Kind of Blue - Miles Davis​

Far East Suite - Duke Ellington

Go - Dexter Gordon

The Essential Mingus Big band - Charles Mingus

Central Park North - Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra 

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Women in Jazz

Toshiko Akiyoshi

Martina DaSilva

Ella Fitzgerald

Tia Fuller

Nubya Garcia

Billie Holiday

Norah Jones

Grace Kelly

Diana Krall

Melba Liston

Aubrey Logan

Ma Rainey

Maria Schneider

Bessie Smith

Viola Smith

Esperanza Spalding 

Camille Thurman

Sarah Vaughn

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Big Bands

Count Basie

Tommy Dorsey

Duke Ellington

Maynard Ferguson

Benny Goodman

Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band

The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra

Stan Kenton

Gene Krupa

Glenn Miller

Buddy Rich

Maria Schneider

Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

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Standards to Learn ​

All Blues

All of Me

All the Things You Are

Autumn Leaves

Bags' Groove

Blue Bossa

Blues By Five 

Maiden Voyage

Misty

Mr. P.C.

Oleo

So What

Sonnymoon For Two

St. Louis Blues

Take the A Train

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