Jazz Musician's Sonic Signature

I'd recognize most of the folks already listed. Have won a few free tickets on local jazz station in "name that artist" contests. Here are a few not mentioned:

Wayne Shorter
Sonny Rollins
Gene Ammons
Cannonball Adderley
Herbie Hancock
Terence Blanchard
Kenny Garrett
Charles Lloyd
Charles Earland
Jimmy Smith
Wynton Marsalis
Stan Getz
Eric Alexander

Alexander - the last fellow listed - has the distinction of being one of the younger tenors who has his "own sound" ... like Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Dexter Gordon,et al. With the newer so-called "smooth jazz" artists (and I use the term loosely) - it's hard to tell one from the other.

Phil Woods, too. Oh, and who can't pick out Toots Thielman?

I'd add Stan Getz and Paul Desmond to my list. And while I cannot usually identify a drummer, if given multiple choice between two or three I think I'd be able to identify a few. For example, easy to differentiate Art Blakey vs. Roy Brooks.

nice thread!
Oscar Peterson, John Lewis, Keith Jarret, Chick Correa, FAts Wallers, Lennie Tristano

At this rate just about every jazz musician will be mentioned. Which goes to Drubin's entirely correct comment:

****This is true for all jazz musicians; in fact, all musicians, period. Just depends on how well you know their playing.****

Including drummers whose signature will be less tone-centric and more about their time feel which can be easily recognized if one knows their playing well enough. However, they too will have a recognizable tone due to, besides their time feel, how they tune their drums and the choice of equipment; Max Roach and Philly Jo Jones are two that come to mind.