Favorite Lesser Known Sax Players

David Sills

He's only got a handful of CD's out but I believe we'll be hearing a lot more of him. I picked up a CD of his in a bargain bin, 'Journey Together'. He does a version of "We'll Be Together Again" that absolutely turned me into an instant fan. Extremely lyrical musician. Worth every bit of the $7 I gave for it.

Duane took most of the good ones, but I thought of another few

Jemeel Moodock
Patrick Cress (bay area local)
Marty Erhlich
Frank Gratkowski
Marco Eneidi
Andrew D'Angelo
Steve Lacy
Evan Parker
Rudresh Mahanthappa (plays with Vijay Iyer)
John Butcher
Mats Gustafsson
Jonas Kullhammar
Joe McPhee
Rob Brown
Joe Maneri
Chris Speed
Julius Hemphill
Henry Threadgill
Jimmy Lyons
David S. Ware
Glen Spearman
Roscoe Mitchell
Lol Coxhill
Ori Kaplan
Ian Ballamy
Michael Moore
Mars Williams

ALBERT AYLER (last but probably most important)

Great job, guys! Of course, I expected as much from SD, and Duane drove the point home. It's comforting to know that there is a passionate, knowledgeable jazz community on Agon. Who has been overlooked?

('Passionate'?)

David Sills, Journey Together is excellent, (i think the Naxos list price is $6.98). His Bigs disc is great too, maybe even recorded a little better. The Acoustic Jazz Quartet discs he's on are also really good, but i like the above titles more.

Wow! I've got a lot of exploring to do. The only others I might see missing that I know of are Scott Hamilton and Gene Ammons. Great list folks!