Not only does Bobby Keys play such classic sax solos as "Brown Sugar" and "CYHMK" with the Stones, he plays the sax on "Whatever Gets You Through The Night," which might be a little lightweight as a song but the sax is great on it.

I'm gonna add Alto Reed, from Seger's Silver Bullet Band.

Thanks pops 42, that's some funky stuff!

I'll just name two criminally underrated players.

John Gilmore, Sun Ra's tenor man and an influencer of Coltrane's later music. Relatively unknown due to never recording as a band leader but an important voice in the history and evolution of the tenor saxophone.

Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Multi instrumentalist and a true innovator. Some here would know him as the composer of Volunteered Slavery.

Don't know if Gilmore would crack any top 6 list but he at least deserves honorable mention.
Glad to see mentions of Lester Young and Dexter Gordon.

In fact Gilmore is so underrated I had to edit to correct the misspelling of his name.

[Edited on 4/26/2020 by lukester420]

I just started listening to Rahsaan Rolland Kirk recently and agree.

Don’t know who they are, but the sax playing in Touch Me (Doors), & Take A Walk On The Wild Side, is awesome

The sax solo in Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street". That might be my favorite ever. Some guy named Raphael Ravenscroft.

That made the song.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Ravenscroft Probably more than you wanted to know 😉

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