Bakers Quote by Rob Sheffield

As much as I think John Coltrane belongs on the list, I think without Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young, both of whom defined improvising…

— Herbie Mann

I never really had a classical saxophone set-up. I just had a middle of the road set up.

— Jon Gordon

To me, the sax is rock n' roll, even though electric guitars kind of pushed it aside for a while.

— Clarence Clemons

One of the reasons I wanted a sax in the band was that I loved Fats Domino's 'Blueberry Hill.'

— Dave Clark

As far as other instrumentalists, I used to love mellow sax players like Paul Desmond. I love piano.

— Boz Scaggs

I like what Oliver Lakes does on the saxophone. The saxophone comes pretty close to the sound of the human voice and when Oliver…

— Yusef Komunyakaa

I got one of the best sax players in the business - Arno Hecht. He plays with the Uptown Horns and all the great…

— Dion DiMucci

What about that Dave Brubeck live album, with a version of 'Like Someone in Love' on it, and long sax solos by Paul Desmond?…

— Walter Becker

“Technically I didn’t see him at first—I felt him, felt his music crawl along my skin. The chords and bars of his saxophone sent…

— Brittainy C. Cherry

I heard Sidney Bechet play a Duke Ellington piece and fell in love with the soprano saxophone.

— Steve Lacy

In the end, I didn't think I was good enough to use sax as a stage performer to get where I wanted, and thank…

— Engelbert Humperdinck

Grady Nichols is the awesome new sax player for the millennium.

— Jeff Lorber