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Marcel Mule

Legendary Saxophonists:

Adolphe Sax
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This man created the original saxophone, and recreated the bass-clarinet.

Marcel Mule
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This man helped form better studies for saxophonists

Branford Marsalis
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Branford plays tenor sax, Winton plays trumpet, and their father plays piano.

Lester Young
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Lester Young inspired John Coltrane and others to be original as you can tell from his picture.

John Coltrane
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One of the most famous tenor players. Some of his songs are: Blue Train and I'm Old Fashioned

Charlie "Bird" Parker =the most famous saxophonist
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This man helped to start bebop and his tone is light and quick like a bird.

Cannonball Adderly
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Known for clear classical tone in jazz yet this man rivals C.Parker for fame.

Phil Woods
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One of the most beautiful saxophone tones ever belongs to this man.

Modern Jazz artist
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Candy Dulfer- one of the few famous women saxophonists.

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Eugene Rousseau Professor Emeritus at Indiana University joined the faculty at the University of M