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I thought it would be nice to spare a thread for the great R&B saxmen, particularly (but not exclusively) of the 40s & 50s. So let's start with the 80s just because I'm listening to Gil Scott-Heron's 'From South Africa to South Carolina' which features one Bilal Sunni Ali taking a quite advanced, Pharoah Sanders-style, tenor solo on the track 'Essex'. So who is this guy, when he's not using his Islamic name? Anyone know him? And, since I've mentioned him, don't forget about Pharoah in this context... But OK, back to the old timers. And omigod weren't there a lot of them? In the order I thought of them... Paul Williams Wild Bill Moore Jimmy Forrest Jimmy Coe Hal Singer Red Prysock Sil Austin Maxwell Davis Big Jim Wynn Morris Lane Jack McVea Illinois Jacquet (I should have put him first) Weasel Parker Harold 'Geezil' Minerve Willis 'Gator Tail' Jackson Eddie Chamblee Bubba Broooks Little Willie Jackson Bullmoose Jackson Clyde 'Blowtop' Lynn Lynn Hope Big John Greer Joe Houston Earl Effin' Bostic (should have started with him, too ) Frank 'Floorshow' Culley Lee Allen Alvin Tyler Herb Hardesty Big Jay McNeely Sam 'The Man' Taylor Ray Abrams James Von Streeter Lorenzo Holden Preston Love Jackie Kelso Buddy Floyd William Gaither Benjamin Waters Eddie Taylor Big Al Sears Plas Johnson (he should be in big letters) Paul Bascomb Fred Jackson Jimmy Wright Jesse Powell Buddy Lucas David 'Fathead' Newman King Curtis Hank Crawford Fred Ford Red Holloway Maceo Parker Pee Wee Ellis Nearly forgot Clifford Scott!!! Gene 'Daddy G' Barge Arthur 'Fats' Theus Omigod forgot Louis Jordan!!! Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson Don Wilkerson Bumps Myers Holley Dismukes Bloody 'ell! Not one of these could Sanborn cut. MG