Don Byas (1912 – 1972) was a magnificent tenorsax player with roots in the tradition of the thirties but adapting to the bebop changes of the forties, a very active and colourful musician, moving to Europe in 1946 to stay there… … Read entire article »

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? … Read entire article »

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… … Read entire article »

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… … Read entire article »

Walter Benton (1930 – 2000) was an excellent modern tenorsax player appearing with Clifford Brown, Quincy Jones, Max Roach and others around the late fifties but disappeared from view as still a young man… … Read entire article »

Herschel Evans (1910 – 1939) was a tenorsax giant, one of the greatest of the swing era, known for his participation in Count Basie’s famous orchestra, but his heart failed when he still was a young man with so much promise… … Read entire article »

Lester Young (1909 – 1959) was one of the greatest artists in jazz, the creator of completely new concepts on how the tenorsax was supposed to be played, and his works with Teddy Wilson, Billie Holiday and Count Basie will truly be immortal… … Read entire article »