Musicians known for circular breathing

Musicians known for circular breathing

This is a skill required for the playing of certain instruments. The list is therefore of musicians who are exceptional because of this skill not obligatory in their field.

• Sharon Bezaly – classical flautist[1]
• Anthony Braxton – American saxophonist and composer[2]
• Paul Butterfield – American Classic Rock Harmonica Player
• Harry Carney, baritone saxophonist and clarinetist, prominent member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra[3]
• James Carter – American jazz musician
• Stuart Dempster – trombonist, didjeridu player, improvisor, and composer[4]
• Amy Dickson – saxophonist from Australia [5]
• Bora Dugic – Serbian flautist and composer[6]
• Wilton Felder – jazz saxophonist for The Crusaders
• Maynard Ferguson – jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player and educator.
• Martin Fröst – Swedish clarinetist[7]
• Kenny G – American smooth jazz saxophonist[8]
• Daniel Goode – avant-garde clarinetist[9]
• Rahsaan Roland Kirk – jazz multi-instrumentalist[10]
• Femi Kuti – Nigerian foremost Afrobeat saxophonist, trumpeter, singer and human rights advocate during his concerts and while setting the record for longest note played on the saxophone[11]
• Wynton Marsalis – American jazz and classical trumpeter[12]
• Irvin Mayfield – Grammy Award-nominated jazz trumpeter, composer and cultural ambassador to New Orleans[13]
• Rafael Méndez – Mexican virtuoso solo trumpeter[14]
• Roscoe Mitchell – jazz multi-instrumentalist[15]
• David Murray – plays tenor saxophone and, on occasion, bass clarinet[16]
• Sergei Nakariakov – classical trumpeter [17]
• Sam Newsome – American jazz soprano saxophonist
• Evan Parker – free improvising saxophonist noted for his lengthy circular breathing excursions on soprano and tenor saxophones[18]
• Jonah Parzen-Johnson – baritone saxophonist and composer.[19]
• Lenny Pickett – American jazz multi-instrumentalist, tenor saxophonist and musical director for the Saturday Night Live Band, former member of Tower of Power
• Courtney Pine – jazz saxophonist e.g. on "Modern Day Jazz Stories" album.
• Sonny Rollins – American jazz musician
• Ned Rothenberg – multi-instrumentalist[20]
• Eugene Rousseau – classical saxophonist[21]
• Xavier Rudd – modern one-man band[22]
• Colin Stetson – saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist [23]
• Trombone Shorty (Troy Andrews) – trombonist and trumpeter[24]
• Theodosii Spassov – Bulgarian kaval performer and composer
• Idrees Sulieman – jazz trumpeter e.g. on "Hawk Flies High" album.
• John Surman – jazz multiinstrumentalist, mostly on saxes and clarinets, on "Cloud Line Blue" and other albums.
• Clark Terry – jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player and educator. Author of Clark Terry's System of Circular Breathing (1976).
• Ken Vandermark - American jazz saxophonist and clarinettist[25]
• David S. Ware – American jazz musician
• John Zorn – American avant-garde composer, arranger, producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist[26]