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  • noun Plural form of saxist.

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Examples

  • True to Haynes' jam-band heart, the album features plenty of long-winded tunes, but they're flavored with fiery exchanges between his guitar and various saxists, keyboardists and vocalists.

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  • True to his jam-band heart, there are plenty of long-winded tunes, but they're flavored with fiery exchanges between Haynes' guitar and various saxists, keyboardists and vocalists.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • Noah Howard, the alto saxophonist, who has died of a cerebral haemorrhage aged 67, never built a reputation as substantial as those of many of his early playing partners - such as the saxists Albert Ayler and Archie Shepp, pianist/composer Sun Ra or trumpeter Bill Dixon - in the expressionist African-American free jazz movement of the 1960s.

    Music news, reviews, comment and features | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • Noah Howard, the alto saxophonist, who has died of a cerebral haemorrhage aged 67, never built a reputation as substantial as those of many of his early playing partners - such as the saxists Albert Ayler and Archie Shepp, pianist/composer Sun Ra or trumpeter Bill Dixon - in the expressionist African-American free jazz movement of the 1960s.

    News: Main section | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • Noah Howard, the alto saxophonist, who has died of a cerebral haemorrhage aged 67, never built a reputation as substantial as those of many of his early playing partners - such as the saxists Albert Ayler and Archie Shepp, pianist/composer Sun Ra or trumpeter Bill Dixon - in the expressionist African-American free jazz movement of the 1960s.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • Noah Howard, the alto saxophonist, who has died of a cerebral haemorrhage aged 67, never built a reputation as substantial as those of many of his early playing partners - such as the saxists Albert Ayler and Archie Shepp, pianist/composer Sun Ra or trumpeter Bill Dixon - in the expressionist African-American free jazz movement of the 1960s.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • Old-timers can expect depth charges of nostalgia, in hearing the charter members Wilson, bassist Steve Nelson, saxists Craig Thomas and Dave Tolegian, Craig Woods on trombone, and keyboard wiz Ken Stange, with longtime drummer

    The Santa Barbara Independent stories 2010

  • The group, rife with Canadians - bassist Neil Swainson, drummer Terry Clarke and saxists

    Thestar.com - Home Page Ashante Infantry 2010

  • But a decidedly "spiritual" component is also to be found in the improvisational, exploratory abandon of tenor saxists David Murray and Archie Shepp, who performed with the

    Articles - JazzTimes 2010

  • Noah Howard, the alto saxophonist, who has died of a cerebral haemorrhage aged 67, never built a reputation as substantial as those of many of his early playing partners - such as the saxists Albert Ayler and Archie Shepp, pianist/composer Sun Ra or trumpeter Bill Dixon - in the expressionist African-American free jazz movement of the 1960s.

    The Guardian newspaper: Obituaries | guardian.co.uk 2010

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