Saxophonist
noun
A person who plays the saxophone.
The saxophonist in the band started with a soulful solo
Often appears as...
- jazz saxophonist
- professional saxophonist
noun
A person who plays the saxophone.
The saxophonist in the band started with a soulful solo
Often appears as...
- jazz saxophonist
- professional saxophonist
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Music Genre
Often associated with jazz, blues, or swing music genres.
She adores that jazz saxophonist's improvisations.
Pro Tip 2/3Band Role
Usually a key soloist in bands, can lead important sections of a song.
The song peaked when the saxophonist took over the melody.
Pro Tip 3/3Skill Impression
Describing someone as a saxophonist implies they are skilled at playing the saxophone.
Our school's saxophonist won a national music competition.
Pro Tip 1/3Music Genre
Often associated with jazz, blues, or swing music genres.
She adores that jazz saxophonist's improvisations.
Pro Tip 2/3Band Role
Usually a key soloist in bands, can lead important sections of a song.
The song peaked when the saxophonist took over the melody.
Pro Tip 3/3Skill Impression
Describing someone as a saxophonist implies they are skilled at playing the saxophone.
Our school's saxophonist won a national music competition.
Pro Tip 1/3Music Genre
Often associated with jazz, blues, or swing music genres.
She adores that jazz saxophonist's improvisations.
Pro Tip 2/3Band Role
Usually a key soloist in bands, can lead important sections of a song.
The song peaked when the saxophonist took over the melody.
Pro Tip 3/3Skill Impression
Describing someone as a saxophonist implies they are skilled at playing the saxophone.
Our school's saxophonist won a national music competition.
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Quote examples
Amanda Foreman
British Historian
I would like to say a few things about that photo in 'Tatler'. I have no regrets. The article was about the 20 cleverest people in England, covered up only by the thing that makes them clever. A saxophonist, for example, had only his saxophone, and an artist, his easel. So I was covered by books.
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Billy Eckstine
American Musician
Bud Johnson, God rest his soul of fame, a tenor saxophonist. Bud was always a big, big, big booster of mine and he always when I first met Bud in Pittsburgh when he came through there, he heard me sing and he wanted me to come to Chicago.
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John Mulaney
American Comedian
I plan to join the 'SNL' band as a maraca player and stand behind saxophonist Lenny Pickett. That way they will at least cut to me before commercial breaks. I'll be sure to look right into camera.
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Richard Price
American Writer
I'd love to be a saxophonist. I don't know why, but I pretend I'm the saxophonist when I listen to music. I have about as much chance playing the sax as I do learning how to fly.
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Gavin Bryars
English Composer
I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me to think of it as being like a cross between an oboe and a viola, but louder.
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Tim Pigott-Smith
English Actor
I like jazz, and Martin Taylor and his band have it all, including a wonderful saxophonist and very fine accordionist, so you get a rather unusual range of sound.
Quote examples
Amanda Foreman
British Historian
I would like to say a few things about that photo in 'Tatler'. I have no regrets. The article was about the 20 cleverest people in England, covered up only by the thing that makes them clever. A saxophonist, for example, had only his saxophone, and an artist, his easel. So I was covered by books.
Quote examples
Billy Eckstine
American Musician
Bud Johnson, God rest his soul of fame, a tenor saxophonist. Bud was always a big, big, big booster of mine and he always when I first met Bud in Pittsburgh when he came through there, he heard me sing and he wanted me to come to Chicago.
Quote examples
John Mulaney
American Comedian
I plan to join the 'SNL' band as a maraca player and stand behind saxophonist Lenny Pickett. That way they will at least cut to me before commercial breaks. I'll be sure to look right into camera.
Quote examples
Richard Price
American Writer
I'd love to be a saxophonist. I don't know why, but I pretend I'm the saxophonist when I listen to music. I have about as much chance playing the sax as I do learning how to fly.
Quote examples
Gavin Bryars
English Composer
I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me to think of it as being like a cross between an oboe and a viola, but louder.
Quote examples
Tim Pigott-Smith
English Actor
I like jazz, and Martin Taylor and his band have it all, including a wonderful saxophonist and very fine accordionist, so you get a rather unusual range of sound.
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