Pioneer and First Innovative TenorColeman Hawkins |
1920sBarney Bigard
Happy Caldwell |
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Second Innovative Tenor
Lester Young
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Swing Era
| Chu Berry | Ben Webster | Charlie Barnet |
| Gene Sedric | Herschel Evans | Buddy Tate |
| Dick Wilson | Budd Johnson | Benny Waters |
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Chicago Dixieland
Bud Freeman - Eddie Miller
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1940s Stompers - Swing to R&B
| Illinois Jaquet | Arnett Cobb |
| Flip Phillips | Don Byas |
| Ike Quebec | Georgie Auld |
| Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis | Al Sears |
| Charlie Ventura | Hal Singer |
| Willis "Gator" Jackson | Jimmy Forrest |
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1940s Los Angeles Bop
| Dexter Gordon | Wardell Gray |
| Teddy Edwards | Lucky Thompson |
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Cool School
| Stan Getz | Zoot Sims |
| Al Cohn | Herbie Steward |
| Brew Moore | Allan Eager |
| Jimmy Giuffre | Paul Quinichette |
| Buddy Collette | Bob Cooper |
| Bill Perkins | Richie Kamuca |
| Dave Pell | Jack Montrose |
| Frank Wess | Dick Hafer |
| Fraser McPherson | Spike Robinson |
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1950s
| Sonny Stitt | Gene Ammons | Paul Gonsalves |
| Frank Foster | James Moody | Benny Golson |
| Wayne Marsh | J.R. Monterose | Johnny Griffin |
| Harold Land | Junior Cook | Hank Mobley |
| Jimmy Heath | | |
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Third Innovative Tenor
Sonny Rollins
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1960s
| Yusef Lateef | Charlie Rouse | Booker Ervin |
| Clifford Jordan | Sal Nistico | George Coleman |
| Joe Henderson | Joe Farrell | Charles Lloyd |
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