Best Sax Jazz

Frogman, (remember me from the Coltrane thread? :-)....

yup, agreed, let's also add George Garzone. Bergonzi is a huge personal favorite of mine too. But hey, there are a lot of other lesser known great sax players out there pushing the envelope. Names that come to mind are Chris Speed, Seamus Blake, Rob Stillman, Rob Brown, Peter Epstein, Donny McCaslin, David Binney, Jim Hobbs...
But getting back on topic, as for great sax "CD's", I'd have to get a little more mainstream in my reccomendations, some of my favorite players who time & time again put out great works are, (in no particular order): Trane, Joe Henderson, Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, Joe Lovano, yeah sure Brecker, Ornette Coleman, also a whole host of other "older" lesser known NY guys, as opposed to the younger ones I mentioned above, who are just monster players.

Jay, good to hear from someone who obviously knows what's what in the saxophone world. It is unfortunate that so many of the really great and interesting young players seldom get heard by so much of the music loving public. Regards.

oops, a few glaring oversights came to mind today: Chris Potter, Greg Osby, oh and how could I forget Gary Thomas.

or Eric Alexander, Rich Perry, Walt Levinsky, Gary Smulian, Marty Erlick, Bill Evans...............

oops! Not Walt Levinsky (different era altogether). I meant Walt Weiskoff.