Otros destacados saxos tenores son entre otros Buddy Tate, Don Byas, James Moody, Stan Getz, Johnny Griffin, Sonny Rollins, Archie Shepp, Wayne Shorter, Dexter Gordon, Michael Brecker, Paul Gonsalves, Frank Foster, Lucky Tompson, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Frank Wess, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Arnett Cobb, Ike Quebec, Illinois Jacquet, Hank Mobley, Chu Berry, Stanley Turrentine, Houston Person, Charles Lloyd, Joe Henderson, Joshua Redman, James Carter y Javier Alzola.