• Sumner Kennedy (July 2, 1927 – April 3, 2009) was an American big band-era alto saxophonist. Kennedy was born on Staten Island in New York City. Kennedy played...
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  • Napier Kennedy (1852–1898), British artist Charles Rann Kennedy (playwright) (1871–1950), Anglo-American dramatist Charlie Kennedy (saxophonist) (1927–2009)...
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    California. During the next year, Malone became a member of the band for saxophonist Sonny Rollins, celebrating his 80th birthday in New York City.[citation...
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    Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from...
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    David Sanborn (category 21st-century American saxophonists)
    William Sanborn (July 30, 1945 – May 12, 2024) was an American alto saxophonist. Sanborn worked in many musical genres; his solo recordings typically...
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    Joshua Redman (category American jazz tenor saxophonists)
    (born February 1, 1969) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He is the son of jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman (1931–2006). Joshua Redman was born...
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    Phil Woods (category Bebop saxophonists)
    Woods (November 2, 1931 – September 29, 2015) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer. Woods was born in Springfield...
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  • composer Jamie Branch, jazz trumpet player and composer George Brooks, saxophonist Nellie Moyer Budd, music teacher Percy Jewett Burrell, dramatist and...
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    Charles Lloyd (jazz musician) (category 20th-century saxophonists)
    Jr. and saxophonist Irvin Reason. His closest childhood friend was trumpeter Booker Little. As a teenager Lloyd played jazz with saxophonist George Coleman...
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  • sessions in the region at that time. Taken under the wing of DC saxophonist Charlie Hampton, Novosel soon began playing gigs in DC and Baltimore. Novosel...
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