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Michael Nyman
Michael Nyman
English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist
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Andy Scott
Andy Scott
Saxophonist and composer
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Tim McAllister
Tim McAllister
American musician
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Mark-Anthony Turnage
Mark-Anthony Turnage
English composer
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Tim Ries
Tim Ries
American jazz saxophonist
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Ingrid Laubrock
Ingrid Laubrock
German jazz saxophonist and composer
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Hamiet Bluiett
Hamiet Bluiett
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
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Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
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David Horne
David Horne
Scottish composer, pianist and teacher
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John Purcell
John Purcell
American jazz saxophonist
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David Campbell
David Campbell
British clarinetist, born 1953
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John Harbison
John Harbison
American composer
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George Crumb
George Crumb
American composer
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Ted Nash
Ted Nash
American musician
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Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Alexander Bălănescu
Alexander Bălănescu
Romanian violinist
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Evan Parker
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
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Iain Ballamy
Iain Ballamy
British musician
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Costin Miereanu
Costin Miereanu
French composer
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Alan Barnes
Alan Barnes
British musician
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Wayne Peterson
Wayne Peterson
American composer
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Gavin Bryars
Gavin Bryars
British musician
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Johnny Dyani
Johnny Dyani
South African jazz double bassist
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Louis Andriessen
Louis Andriessen
Dutch composer and pianist
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John Dankworth
John Dankworth
British musician (1927-2010)
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David Roach (born 1955, Darlington, Co. Durham, England) is a British saxophonist who released a solo single, "Emotional Jungle" in 1984. His album, I Love Sax reached #73 in the UK Albums Chart in April that year. As a Coda-Landscape recording artist in the 1980s David made 2 albums 'Running with the River ' and 'The Talking City'.

He has played soprano and alto saxophone for the Michael Nyman Band since 1985, making his debut on The Kiss and Other Movements and appearing on nearly every album since. Prior to that he was musical director for Billy Ocean and a founding member of the Myrha Saxophone Quartet. David played oboe and saxophone for Frank Sinatra in his European tours of the early 1990s.

He was a member of the Apollo Saxophone Quartet and producer of the London Saxophonic. He also co-produced Nyman's albums, After Extra Time, The Suit and the Photograph and Sangam.

His soprano and alto saxophone playing has featured in many Film and Television scores. David has played with most of the major London Orchestras including 25 years for the Philharmonia Orchestra and he has been a visiting professor of chamber music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.