Favorite Lesser Known Sax Players


Trane, Rollins, Bird, Desmond, Getz, Hawkins and Lester Young are names that are oftened invoked when the subject of great jazz sax players is brought up. Who are some of your favorite, albeit lesser known, sax players and your favorite recording of theirs? As a sax hack, I'll offer the following suggestions to chew on:

Willis 'Gator' Jackson - Call of the Gators
Red Holloway - In the Red
James Moody - Don't Look Back Now
Tina Brooks - True Blue
King Curtis - Night Train
Serge Chaloff - Blue Serge
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Here are some from Africa:

Bheki Mseleku--South Africa
Kippie Moeketsi--South Africa
Basil `Mannenberg` Coetzee--South Africa
West Nkosi--South Africa
Dudu Pukwana --South Arica
Manu Dibango--Cameroon
Fela Kuti--Nigeria

Some others overlooked:

Steve Williamson--USA
David Sanborn--USA
Joe Henderson--USA
Pee Wee Ellis--UK
Tommy Smith--UK
Courtney Pine--UK

Many more,but these are the ones that come to mind.
George Adams
John Handy
Joe Henderson
Sonny Criss
Eric Dolphy
Byard Lancaster
George Coleman
Junior Cook
James Spaulding
Earl Bostic
Pepper Adams
Michael Brecker
Lou Donaldson
Eddie Harris
Bobby Jones
Harold Land
Illinois Jacquet
Bob Kindred - Try his "Gentle Giant of the Tenor Sax" on Mapleshade.

And did anyone mention Clifford Jordan?