Best Sax Jazz

Then there's also Don Byas. Shame he died so young.

A couple of younger sax players:

- Chris Potter: with his own groups or with the Dave Holland Quintet, I really dig this guy, he has a very musical style and mixes it up a bit with alto, soprano and tenor, as well as flute and bass clarinet, as well as exploring different stylings in the jazz idiom;
- Christine Jensen: a fine young alto player from Canada, has a couple of albums on the Montreal-based Effendi label (www.effendi.com), my brother has played bass on both so I'm biased, and the music is occasionally challenging, but quite satisfying overall;

and another who's been around for a while:

- Dave Tuner: Canadian alto player, recordings on Justin Time label, straight ahead jazz, with some latin influence in recent years.

Chris Potter is great

Gratitude is an album where you can see him embellishing his sax influences in an original and captivating way. Potter also played on Steely Dan's Two Against Nature

Tim Warfield is another good one

For a terrific "new" sax jazz artist try Joe Lovano!