Arthur Murray Blythe (May 7, 1940 – March 27, 2017) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer. He was described by critic Chris Kelsey as displaying "one of the most easily recognizable alto sax sounds in jazz, big and round, with a fast, wide vibrato and an aggressive, precise manner of phrasing" and furthermore as straddling the avant garde and traditionalist jazz, often with bands featuring unusual instrumentation.
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John Purcell
American jazz saxophonist
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Bob Stewart
American musician
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George Adams
musician
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Julius Hemphill
American saxophonist
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Phillip Wilson
American drummer (1941-1992)
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Ronnie Burrage
American musician
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Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
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Oliver Lake
American musician
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Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
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Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
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John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
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Craig S. Harris
American musician
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James Carter
American musician
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Eric Person
American musician
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James Blood Ulmer
American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
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Hamiet Bluiett
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
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Michael Brecker
American musician
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John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
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Don Byron
American musician
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Cecil McBee
American bassist
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Billy Harper
American musician
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Steve McCall
American jazz drummer
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Tim Berne
American jazz saxophonist
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Dave Holland
British musician
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James Newton
American flautist, composer, and conductor
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Joe Ford
American musician
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Amina Claudine Myers
American musician
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Don Moye
American percussionist
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Ryo Kawasaki
Japanese jazz guitarist (1947-2020)
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Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
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David Sanborn
American saxophonist
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Kermit Driscoll
American musician
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Eddie Allen
jazz musician
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Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
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Ernie Watts
American jazz musician
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Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Joe Lovano
American jazz flautist, saxophonist, clarinettist
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Henry Threadgill
American jazz musician
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Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
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Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
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Frank Lowe
American jazz saxophonist
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Vincent Chancey
American musician
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Joshua Redman
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Dave Burrell
American musician
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Don Pullen
American jazz pianist and organist
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Bruce Purse
Bruce Purse is a musician, composer, arranger, trumpet player. Founder of The Pocketbook Orchestra
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Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
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Frank Lacy
American musician
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Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer