Sonny Rollins (1930-2026)
Saxophonist
1
Grover Washington Jr. (1943-1999)
2
Steve Lacy (1934-2004)
3
Alfonzo Blackwell, 73
4
John Zorn, 72
5
Chad Lefkowitz-Brown, 36
6
Charlie Barnet (1913-1991)
7
Bob Wilber (1928-2019)
8
Gerry Mulligan (1927-1996)
9
Jerome Najee Rasheed, 68
10
Jackie McLean (1931-2006)
11
Benny Carter (1907-2003)
12
Daniel Bennett, 46
13
Ronnie Cuber (1941-2022)
14
Flip Phillips (1915-2001)
15
Charles Gayle (1939-2023)
16
Dave Liebman, 79
17
Gary Smulyan, 70
18
Greg Banaszak, 59
19
Jay Beckenstein, 75
20
Born in New York
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Frank Catalano, 48
21
Ravi Coltrane, 60
22
Bob Mintzer, 73
23
Vince Giordano, 74
24
Cecil Payne (1922-2007)
25
Bob Berg (1951-2002)
26
Tim Berne, 71
27
Russell Procope (1908-1981)
28
Dave Pell (1925-2017)
29
Al Cohn (1925-1988)
30
Tim Cappello, 71
31
Nick Brignola (1936-2002)
32
Adrian Rollini (1903-1956)
33
Lenny Hambro (1923-1995)
34
Jay Metcalf
35
Sam Greenfield
36
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