Top 5 Saxophone Artist You've Never Heard Of

 When it comes to music, it’s been my experience that the sound of a human being singing tends to touch the average person’s heart more than any other sound. Because we all relate very intimately to the sound of a human voice, its innate ability to express the emotional part of human nature is indisputable. As we all know, guitar is a backbone of rock and roll music but the Saxophone is a promising instrument in many popular music genres, like jazz, and blues. 

For this reason, the sax shines like crazy when it comes to romantic ballads or when soloing in an R&B band – among many other musical situations where the quality of “soul” is highly exposed.

Here I am going to list few brilliant Saxophone Artists.

1. Llamadeus

Llamadeus is a famous masked EDM artist and love to perform Saxo. Being a jazz music fan, he never acknowledged musical boundaries and played sax in a variety of pop and rock sessions in 21st century. He is famous on YouTube and spotify for his saxo music. 

2. Grover Washington Jr.

Extremely popular in the 70s and 80s, Grover Washington Jr. is credited with having inspired greats such as Kenny G and Steve Cole. Another incredibly versatile musician on this list, he could also expertly play the alto, tenor, soprano, and baritone saxophones. Known for his work in the smooth jazz genre, he was also involved in hugely successful projects that had elements of jazz funk and soul jazz. 

3. Michael Brecker

Michael Brecker, born and raised in Pennsylvania, grew up listening to jazz and rock. As a result, he never acknowledged musical boundaries and played sax in a variety of pop and rock sessions in the 70s, for everyone from Steely Dan to Art Garfunkel. He had an uncanny ability to move from progressive rock to jazz to pop and back again, and he quickly became the standard for modern sax playing, influencing the likes of Joshua Redman and Chris Potter. While he made records with a more straight jazz feel later in his life, he’ll always be known for his versatility.

4. Ben Webster

Known for his time with the Duke Ellington Orchestra that lasted from the mid-1930s to the late-1940s, he worked alongside the likes of Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, and Fletcher Henderson throughout his career as a saxophone musician. Ben Webster was affectionately referred to as Brute and the Beautiful because he gave his music an exceptional touch of gentleness while his faster tempos were very physical, almost animal like. His bluesy tenor saxophone is one of the most identifiable in jazz, and is his style is studied by many young musicians today.

5. Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker is hailed by many as being the best jazz saxophonist (ever!) and with good reason. He introduced revolutionary harmonic ideas into the genre, and even helped pioneer the inclusion of classical and Latin influences into jazz. Unfortunately, Charlie Parker was a troubled individual and suffered from addiction to alcohol and drugs. He only lived until he was 34 years old as a result of complications with his liver, which makes us wonder what more he could have done for the genre if he lived a much longer life. His sheer influence, talent, and contribution to the genre as a whole is even more impressive when you consider how young he was when he died.