Pete C

I think Sonny's influence on David S. Ware, Ken Vandermark and later Steve Grossman has been mentioned above. Even though people usually cite the heavy Coltrane influence on guys like Brecker & Bergonzi, I'd say that there's a Rollins component in that school of playing too. I think Joe Henderson combines Trane & Rollins too. As a good example I'd cite Henderson's playing on Softly as in a Morning Sunrise, from Larry Young's Unity.

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I thought it was the ram's dark eyes.

Son House Hugh Laurie Annie Laurie

Wolfie Cheney Satan

Jonathan Swift Lemuel Gulliver Lem Winchester

Are you saying Ayler was the Bill Clinton of tenor sax?

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Well, besides the energy side there is the gospel and blues-drenched lyrical cry to Ayler's playing, as with Ornette, but qualitatively somewhat different. I wouldn't say that necessarily applies to Parker, but it's another angle to consider Ayler's overall influence by, not just the intensity.

Well, Tyler was a close associate of Ayler's.

More than maybe. Definitely, and acknowledged by Trane. Good list of Ayler-influenced players. One major disciple you left out was David S. Ware.

Imagine if Wardell had lived...

I think he was referring to his ballad style that he developed while with Duke, when he worked alongside Hodges, rather than his earlier style. But in that case he's a tenor in the Bechet lineage via Hodges.

I absolutely love Gonsalves, so I find it sad that he's most remembered for an overlong grandstanding solo string of blues cliches that Duke made him repeat for years.

Jim Neely (in Memphis I prefer Neely's Interstate to Corky's) Jim McNeely John McNeil (I see him on the street in our neighborhood a couple of times a week)

Similarity in tone. Probably the only major tenor players not out of Prez who had a softer tone than the Hawkins school, no?

I hope they don't have to learn that interminable overrated solo from Newport.