Pioneers
Benny Krueger (1920-21 recorded with Original Dixieland Jazzband)
Don Redman (recordewd with Fletcher Henderson starting in 1921)
Jimmy Dorsey (1926, first recorded with Red Nichols)
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Most Significant Altoists of the Swing Era
Johnny Hodges - Benny Carter - Willie Smith
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Other Top Swing Altoists
Charlie Holmes (1929-31 with Luis Russell)
Hilton Jefferson
Pete Brown
Tab Smith
Don Stovall
Russell Procope (with John Kirby Sextet)
Woody Herman
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Superior Section Players
Toots Mondello (1934-35 and 1939-40 with Benny Goodman)
Earle Warren (1937-45 with Count Basie)
Marshall Royal (1951-70 with Count Basie)
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Early R&B Stars
Louis Jordan - Earl Bostic
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Creator of Bop
Charlie Parker
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Other Important Bop based Altoists
Sonny Stitt | Sonny Criss |
Charlie Mariano | Herb Geller |
Gigi Gryce | Lou Donaldson |
Phil Woods | Richie Cole |
Cannonball Adderley | Charles McPherson |
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