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List of jazz saxophone artists

Here is a list of jazz saxophone artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the jazz saxophone genre. You can find out what jazz saxophone genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#	name	Popularity	instrumentalness	danceability	energy	acousticness	Happiness	tempo	followers
1	Stan Getz	64	35	47	21	91	43	108	380541
2	John Coltrane	64	14	42	37	62	41	125	1526990
3	Kamasi Washington	56	62	44	67	44	42	101	423783
4	Lester Young	53	57	58	21	91	66	130	133662
5	Ben Webster	53	25	44	9	90	30	103	88786
6	Paul Desmond	53	29	51	21	88	49	116	140033
7	John Coltrane Quartet	52	14	48	25	81	34	97	188604
8	Coleman Hawkins	51	59	56	17	92	54	91	121040
9	Charlie Parker	51	21	51	43	78	62	118	561134
10	Dave Koz	51	18	51	56	34	44	121	97133
11	Johnny Hodges	49	43	52	20	82	45	96	36246
12	Sonny Rollins	49	25	57	27	67	48	112	326457
13	Gerry Mulligan	47	56	53	16	89	44	104	93667
14	Hank Mobley	47	5	57	41	80	59	120	82600
15	Ike Quebec	47	49	58	16	92	55	105	17036
16	Yusef Lateef	47	52	49	41	62	53	108	103488
17	Wayne Shorter	47	24	47	54	64	38	123	202659
18	Art Pepper	46	26	61	23	84	48	112	67402
19	Pharoah Sanders	46	29	39	52	53	46	117	133901
20	Gerald Albright	46	62	70	76	38	68	120	136046
21	Dexter Gordon	46	39	46	26	78	40	103	197991
22	Kirk Whalum	46	23	58	47	56	40	123	67940
23	Scott Hamilton	45	45	46	11	95	26	96	36927
24	Lou Donaldson	45	15	54	24	81	40	128	49013
25	Jan Garbarek	45	82	41	23	66	25	84	78658
26	Gene Ammons	43	37	51	21	85	34	106	38283
27	Walter Beasley	43	31	67	53	31	59	112	67996
28	Sonny Stitt	42	4	56	35	69	57	115	48472
29	David Sanborn	42	47	59	58	26	70	118	147590
30	Stanley Turrentine	41	26	52	45	62	52	111	50715
31	Benny Golson	41	40	45	12	84	30	108	31763
32	Oliver Nelson	41	56	48	52	58	57	122	57351
33	King Curtis	41	40	51	47	47	53	134	44940
34	Benny Carter	41	47	54	32	76	57	111	25584
35	Joe Henderson	41	34	50	35	79	49	104	113715
36	Lee Konitz	41	48	43	17	83	46	129	31619
37	Big Jay McNeely	41	18	54	55	71	70	125	13584
38	Joshua Redman	40	46	57	32	69	41	113	97045
39	Charles Lloyd	39	80	44	29	85	40	133	36448
40	Zoot Sims	39	55	51	22	87	49	112	28283
41	Joe Lovano	39	37	54	19	89	39	107	29331
42	Everette Harp	39	36	68	65	25	67	143	15023
43	Maceo Parker	39	29	61	64	36	65	120	104659
44	Branford Marsalis	38	42	48	30	59	43	101	55166
45	Rahsaan Roland Kirk	37	14	42	36	73	47	116	43505
46	Ronnie Laws	36	41	54	63	22	63	135	53389
47	Phil Woods	36	39	38	51	69	36	54	23091
48	Gato Barbieri	36	11	36	53	43	45	104	37978
49	Jim Snidero	36	31	42	23	84	35	134	3432
50	Archie Shepp	35	24	42	44	71	42	105	46382
51	Michael Brecker	35	47	41	47	65	44	134	57143
52	Chris Potter	35	62	53	28	78	50	146	45567
53	Jimmy Giuffre	34	55	52	6	97	44	94	8923
54	The Cannonball Adderley Quintet	34	11	54	34	75	58	105	36194
55	Jackie McLean	34	14	54	34	67	44	118	42023
56	Warne Marsh	34	1	35	21	87	49	205	4970
57	Ornette Coleman	34	20	51	30	39	46	109	119758
58	Houston Person	34	67	45	15	91	27	132	11421
59	Jeff Kashiwa	34	61	65	68	22	62	109	20569
60	Kenny Garrett	34	38	49	52	36	50	112	59084
61	John Surman	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	23785
62	Tex Beneke	33	11	56	32	85	75	133	9104
63	Jerry Bergonzi	33	22	54	36	75	53	112	7268
64	Johnny Griffin	32	37	58	34	84	43	110	21010
65	Dave Liebman	32	93	41	8	99	6	98	10350
66	Charlie Barnet	32	51	59	44	87	80	126	15724
67	Mette Henriette	31	95	16	1	99	4	64	4947
68	Sadao Watanabe	31	64	54	59	34	66	111	25567
69	Andy Sheppard	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	4028
70	Walt Weiskopf	30	1	67	57	23	58	100	2785
71	Lars Gullin	30	62	41	20	90	27	100	5590
72	Charlie Rouse	30	7	54	26	82	34	121	10492
73	Brandon Fields	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1568
74	Arne Domnérus	29	64	44	11	96	43	88	9823
75	Gary Bartz	29	0	69	69	43	79	105	22837
76	Håkon Kornstad	29	88	52	8	92	27	110	6689
77	Illinois Jacquet	29	34	59	28	83	61	123	12619
78	Seamus Blake	29	11	51	42	68	47	113	10549
79	Sonny Criss	29	66	60	43	79	65	93	6386
80	Getatchew Mekurya	29	72	46	49	86	76	105	11246
81	Vincent Herring	28	18	52	28	79	41	120	5749
82	Al Cohn	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	7161
83	Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson	28	6	57	31	79	61	115	4541
84	Bud Shank	28	22	60	33	80	60	81	6614
85	Bob Berg	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	9474
86	Don Byas	28	31	56	21	96	52	115	7470
87	Jimmy Heath	28	2	49	37	62	58	111	10749
88	Rich Perry	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1416
89	Ravi Coltrane	27	66	48	27	92	10	113	10699
90	Jimmy Forrest	27	68	73	50	65	73	118	3673
91	Paul Gonsalves	27	40	54	4	96	33	75	6421
92	Courtney Pine	27	23	46	14	91	29	128	11069
93	Albert Ayler	27	32	33	45	62	40	105	34017
94	Trygve Seim	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	11352
95	Mark Turner	27	22	41	41	63	51	152	14721
96	Bobby Watson	26	17	49	36	55	52	116	3370
97	Ed Calle	26	90	67	41	72	50	78	3469
98	Hank Crawford	26	43	56	53	49	77	109	12994
99	Bob Mintzer	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	8738
100	John Handy	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	3164
101	Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis	25	17	57	34	87	50	92	13887
102	Bill Evans	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	4032
103	Tina Brooks	25	6	54	43	77	60	108	15891
104	Harold Land	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	6519
105	Sam Butera	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1737
106	Miguel Zenón	24	15	45	57	69	59	105	15354
107	Tore Brunborg	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1850
108	David Binney	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	8509
109	Antonio Hart	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	2129
110	Woody Shaw	23	45	45	44	42	58	99	21879
111	Pepper Adams	23	10	39	55	78	53	121	10298
112	Gigi Gryce	22	12	51	36	75	50	118	2447
113	Chris Cheek	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	4599
114	Sam Rivers	22	5	42	51	47	42	104	17371
115	Booker Ervin	21	0	50	52	62	55	137	10555
116	Bob Cooper	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1041
117	Eric Alexander	21	32	37	29	88	29	92	6725
118	Donald Harrison	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	5434
119	Arnett Cobb	21	27	54	6	86	25	56	4695
120	Anthony Braxton	21	33	40	25	79	40	98	27089
121	Leo Parker	20	0	47	60	47	77	141	2615
122	David "Fathead" Newman	20	19	52	67	37	61	101	6250
123	Marius Neset	20	67	39	6	87	42	75	4787
124	Marion Brown	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	8085
125	Karl Seglem	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1884
126	Serge Chaloff	19	1	57	25	85	52	123	4333
127	Earl Bostic	19	5	56	51	60	71	126	5173
128	YolanDa Brown	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	3917
129	Bill Perkins	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1221
130	Ernie Watts	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	3400
131	Dewey Redman	19	84	43	42	0	51	137	4777
132	Buddy Tate	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	2025
133	Buster Smith	18	0	53	49	63	75	148	1685
134	Gary Smulyan	18	28	46	55	46	75	105	1907
135	Wardell Gray	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	3735
136	Joe Farrell	18	56	43	51	58	43	128	7376
137	Flip Phillips	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1037
138	Bud Freeman	17	37	57	45	93	81	142	3102
139	Peter Brötzmann	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	12571
140	Barney Wilen	17	5	61	30	52	42	114	3299
141	Adrian Rollini	16	24	68	19	90	74	115	907
142	George Coleman	16	35	57	30	87	21	134	4152
143	David Murray	16	81	54	31	43	62	87	11508
144	Herb Geller	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1042
145	Ron Blake	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	662
146	Bernt Rosengren	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	692
147	Julián Argüelles	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1280
148	Tim Garland	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2061
149	Zbigniew Namysłowski	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2535
150	Noah Preminger	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1152
151	Steve Grossman	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	3496
152	Sonny Red	14	15	61	21	84	29	104	2595
153	Harald Lassen	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	544
154	Evan Parker	14	93	37	22	100	34	85	7004
155	George Garzone	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3890
156	John Tchicai	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2101
157	Don Braden	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1067
158	Steve Coleman	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	8593
159	David Sánchez	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	3905
160	Tommy Smith	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	962
161	Greg Osby	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	3685
162	Charlie Mariano	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2011
163	Joe Maneri	13	89	34	43	98	81	83	1510
164	Sahib Shihab	13	1	59	53	46	80	130	2775
165	Teddy Edwards	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2909
166	Tia Fuller	13	80	44	46	57	46	131	2947
167	World Saxophone Quartet	13	25	49	15	89	37	117	3336
168	Ingrid Laubrock	13	56	40	23	82	10	88	1803
169	Oliver Lake	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1950
170	Jimmy Greene	12	32	39	38	90	24	81	4693
171	Pete Christlieb	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	450
172	Eli Degibri	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3130
173	Joe Harriott	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2032
174	Henry Threadgill	12	80	47	45	33	40	98	8243
175	Jane Bunnett	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2350
176	Chico Freeman	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	3275
177	Richie Kamuca	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	790
178	Harry Carney	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1127
179	Rudresh Mahanthappa	11	23	58	51	17	63	113	7962
180	Leo Wright	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	457
181	Richie Cole	11	3	55	44	82	42	69	1538
182	Bodil Niska	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1058
183	Kristin Sevaldsen	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	240
184	Tubby Hayes	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2543
185	Arthur Blythe	9	6	50	68	21	70	102	3128
186	Ralph Bowen	9	53	41	44	61	68	179	2144
187	Julian Dash	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	243
188	Roscoe Mitchell	9	46	28	65	4	33	75	10584
189	George Adams	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1709
190	Bendik Hofseth	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1618
191	Ronnie Scott	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1261
192	Tim Berne	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	4456
193	Ron Holloway	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	402
194	Julius Hemphill	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3226
195	Frankie Trumbauer	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1011
196	Billy Harper	8	6	40	51	25	64	111	3472
197	Joe Temperley	8	55	62	40	36	47	82	993
198	Dudu Pukwana	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1650
199	Chu Berry	7	81	47	3	100	57	72	1526
200	Tab Smith	7	0	54	44	78	87	158	232

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