Frank Foster (1928 – 2011) was an excellent mainstream tenorsax player, first known for his long time work with the Count Basie orchestra in the fifties and sixties but later as an important arranger and bandleader… … Read entire article »

Bjarne Nerem (1923 – 1991) was the greatest tenorsax player Norway ever produced, first known from his work with Harry Arnold’s orchestra in Sweden 1956-64, later our local hero, who could easily have got international recognition if he had wanted it… … Read entire article »

Claude McLin (1925 – 1995) was a fine tenorsax player from Chicago, one of those great talents who could have made it great but stayed at home and faded into oblivion… … Read entire article »

Frank Wess (1922 – 2013) was an excellent mainstream tenorsax player and flutist, mostly known for his long time work with the Count Basie orchestra in the fifties and sixties… … Read entire article »

Tom Archia (1919 – 1977) was an excellent tenorsax player, particularly active in the late forties, with qualities on level with the greatest and most known performers of the early modern era, but dropped out… … Read entire article »

Seldon Powell (1928 – 1997) was an excellent tenorsax player and flutist from the 1950s an onwards, a very flexible musician participating in numerous recording sessions, but he never got the recognition he deserved… … Read entire article »

Paul Gonsalves (1920 – 1974) was a great tenorsax player coming up with Count Basie but reached everlasting fame with his dynamic soloing in the Duke Ellington orchestra. … Read entire article »