Tony Mottola, Luiz Bonfa and a few others could have been included. But those lists are always like that.

A lot of personal taste goes into them, and it's often not my personal taste.

And who can really say who is best (#1). It's not something you can measure like who can eat the most hot dogs at the county fair. It's art, and art gets very personal.

Some people think John Coltrane is the greatest tenor sax player who ever lived. I can analyze his music and appreciate what a genius he was, but his music doesn't speak to me. I prefer Stan Getz or Stanley Turrentine because their improvised melodies resonate with me.

So my top 10 sax players would not be everyone's. Same for jazz guitarists.

But I think the list in the article was a pretty good list.


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