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
- Anthony Braxton – American saxophonist and composer
- Paul Butterfield – American Classic Rock Harmonica Player
- Harry Carney, baritone saxophonist and clarinetist, prominent member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra
- James Carter – American jazz musician
- Stuart Dempster – trombonist, didjeridu player, improvisor, and composer
- Amy Dickson – saxophonist from Australia
- Bora Dugic – Serbian flautist and composer
- Maynard Ferguson – jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player and educator.
- Martin Fröst – Swedish clarinetist
- Kenny G – American smooth jazz saxophonist
- Daniel Goode – avant-garde clarinetist
- Stephen Kent – didgeridoo
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk – jazz multi-instrumentalist
- 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
- Wynton Marsalis – American jazz and classical trumpeter
- Irvin Mayfield – Grammy Award-nominated jazz trumpeter, composer and cultural ambassador to New Orleans
- Rafael Méndez – Mexican virtuoso solo trumpeter
- Roscoe Mitchell – jazz multi-instrumentalist
- David Murray – plays tenor saxophone and, on occasion, bass clarinet
- Sergei Nakariakov – classical trumpeter
- Sam Newsome – American jazz soprano saxophonist
- Evan Parker – free improvising saxophonist noted for his lengthy circular breathing excursions on soprano and tenor saxophones
- Jonah Parzen-Johnson – baritone saxophonist and composer.
- 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
- Eugene Rousseau – classical saxophonist
- Xavier Rudd – modern one-man band
- Colin Stetson – saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist
- Trombone Shorty (Troy Andrews) – trombonist and trumpeter
- 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).
- David S. Ware – American jazz musician
- John Zorn – American avant-garde composer, arranger, producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist.