saxophonist
- a word derived from saxophone.
Example Sentences
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The two attempted to keep talking as they were played off by a saxophonist, which host Druski had warned about earlier in the evening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
He played in a band with Stan Getz, the legendary jazz saxophonist, before touring the country with the Henry Jerome Band.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
He convened a slightly different quintet—trumpeter Adam O’Farrill, tenor saxophonist Mark Shim, pianist Lex Korten and bassist Tyrone Allen II—for a Jazz at Lincoln Center performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
“I was filled with question marks,” the tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins told the New Yorker in 1961.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
The song generally identified as the first rock and roll record is ‘Rocket 88’, composed by Ike Turner’s saxophonist Jackie Brenston and released in April 1951.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
