Best Saxaphone Player in Progressive

john zorn!

John Helliwell (Supertramp)

     I don't like comparing musicians like race horses generally, but for the
sake of discussion, it seems to me that the reed players don't get the
attention here they deserve, standing in the shadows of guitar divas and
glittery-caped keyboardists. Their contribution was and is however very
important, and while there may be a lot of great jazz saxists, not many
can really rock as well. But I think that Collin's contributions to Crimson's
Islands and Lizard are brilliant examples of creative reedmanship that
rocks, and helped make progressive stand apart in it's originality and
craftsmanship from other rock of the time. And what would Soft Machine
have been without the impassioned wailings of Elton Dean? I couldn't
think of too many other names than these, if you've other favorites,
please recommend them. I didn't include Wayne Shorter though, because
it wouldn't have been fair to the others... (Oops, Jackson is twice, and I
can't edit it!)

Edited by RoyalJelly