[nickcarraway]

I agree about "the brute" - Ben Webster he had his powerful style, and then he laso has his lush, romantic style, especially in his later years. I would put Coltrane there, too.

I'd really have to think about the other three. Stan Getz is great - the opposite side from Hawkins and Webster, but not sure I'd put him in the six. Dexter Gordon, I'd have to think about him or Sonny Rollins.

I'd give Johnny Hodges consideration - he's underrated. Consider Dolphy and Sonny Stitt. Lester Young would probably be one of them.

[rlmorel]

Oh, I like Johnny Hodges and Lester Young too.

I can understand not putting Stan Getz in there, but...I gotta say, I just love his sound alone!

I love Coltrane’s “Ballads”, but some of his other stuff is a bit avant garde and a bit...I don’t know...dense. But “Ballads”? Oh man. I worship that style he plays in there.

[real saxophonist]

In college, whenever I mentioned Sonny Stitt, my stupid girlfriend would always say, “Sonny’s what?”