This is a compiled list of “must hear” and “must study” artists and groups. Please feel free to watch these performances to hear examples of representative tone and technique on each instrument. While listening to YouTube, if you find a really good link, please send it to me so I can add it to this page. This page is a massive undertaking and as always, will perpetually be under construction and new videos will be added as they are found. The performers listed are in no particular order. My goal with this page was to provide as many examples of great musicianship as possible. If you find a link that does not work, please be so kind to email the link to me so I can delete it and try to find a replacement.
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Piccolo
Sarah Jackson
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Flute
Jean-Pierre Rampal
Emma Resmini
Jeanne Baxtresser
Emmanuel Pahud
Mathieu Dufour
James Galway
Marina Piccinini
Goran Marcusson
Carol Wincenc
Paula Robison
Rhonda Larson
Denis Bouriakov
Amy Porter
Gary Schocker
Jim Walker
Jeffrey Khaner
Susan Milan
Ransom Wilson
Eugenia Zukerman
Hubert Laws
Dave Valentin
Robert Aitken
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Oboe
Christoph Hartman
Gordon Hunt
Alex Klein
Albrecht Mayer
Marcel Tabuteau
John De Lancie
Heinz Holliger
Pierre Pierlot
Ray Still
Alfred Genovese
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English Horn
Carolyn Hove
Leonid Sirotkin
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Bassoon
The Breaking Winds
Bram van Sambeek
Per Hannevold
Chris Millard
John Miller
Knut Sonstevold
Marc Vallon
Michael Rabinowitz
Paul Hanson
Arthur Grossman
Dag Jensen
David McGill
Frank Morelli
Richard Ranti
Milan Turkovic
Stefano Canuti
Richard Lottridge
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Clarinet
Benny Goodman
Artie Shaw
Sabine Meyer
Sharon Kam
Vanguel Tangarov
Jonathan Cohler
Bob Draga
Ricardo Morales
Mark Nuccio
Burt Hara
Corrado Giuffredi
Anthony McGill
Anat Cohen
Eddie Daniels
David Shifrin
Jonathan Cohler
Jon Manasse
Martin Frost
Stanley Drucker
Paquito D’Rivera
Sidney Bechet
Pete Fountain
Richard Stoltzman
Julian Bliss
Larry Combs
Jack Brymer
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Bass Clarinet
Eric Dolphy
David Murray
Louis Sclavis
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Soprano Saxophone
Branford Marsalis
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Alto Saxophone
George Wolfe
Eugene Rousseau
Arno Bornkamp
Kenny Garrett
Donald Sinta
Branford Marsalis
Jeff Coffin
Marshall Royal
Claude Delangle
Lynn Klock
Cannonball Adderly
David Sanborn
Maceo Parker
Joseph Wytko
Otis Murphy
Dale Underwood
John Sampen
Paul Desmond
Lauren Meccia
Phil Woods
Johnny Hodges
Joe Lulloff
Tim McAllister
Steven Jordheim
Debra Richtmeyer
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Tenor Saxophone
James Houlik
John Coltrane
Ben Webster
Jeff Coffin
Dexter Gordon
Michael Brecker
Lenny Pickett
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Baritone Saxophone
Ronnie Cuber
Gerry Mulligan
Harry Carney
James Carter
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Trumpet
Alison Balsom
Allen Vizzutti
Philip Smith
Wynton Marsalis
Chris Botti
Louis Armstrong
Arturo Sandoval
Tine Thing Helseth
Dizzy Gillespie
Miles Davis
Hakan Hardenberger
Clifford Brown
Charlie Schlueter
Manny Laureano
Bud Herseth
Scotty Barnhart
Terrance Blanchard
Ingrid Jensen
Patrick Hession
Adam Rapa
Wayne Bergeron
Maurice Andre
Woody Shaw
Jim Ketch
Jens Lindemann
Rafael Mendez
Sergei Nakariakov
Chet Baker
Doc Severinsen
Blue Mitchell
Harry James
Adam Rapa
Clark Terry
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Flugelhorn
Chuck Mangione
Ingrid Jensen
Chet Baker
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Horn
Barry Tuckwell
Dale Clevenger
Sarah Willis
Dennis Brain
Gail Williams
Hermann Baumann
Julie Landsman
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Trombone
Joe Alessi
JJ Johnson
Abbie Conant
Dave Steinmeyer
Megumi Kanda
Harry Watters
Christian Lindberg
Bill Watrous
Frank Rosolino
Aubrey Logan
Jimmy Pankow
Vanessa Fralick
Mark Lawrence
Marshall Gilkes
Ava Ordman
Wycliffe Gordon
Massimo La Rosa
Carl Fontana
Delfeayo Marsalis
Robin Eubanks
Ralph Sauer
Henry Charles Smith
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Bass Trombone
Paul Pollard
Charlie Vernon
James Markey
Brian Hecht
Martin McCain
Doug Yeo
Bill Reichenbach
Blair Bollinger
Jeff Reynolds
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Euphonium
Steven Mead
David Childs
Neal Corwell
Gail Robertson
Demondrae Thurman
Brian Bowman
Lauren Veronie
Robert Childs
Adam Frey
Rich Matteson
Adam Frey
Leonard Falcone
Roger Behrend
Mark Fisher
Shoichiro Hokazono
Robin Taylor
Kevin Thompson
Matt Tropman
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Tuba
Harvey Phillips
Roger Bobo
Patrick Sheridan
Nat McIntosh
Deanna Swoboda
Marty Erickson
Alan Baer
Oystien Baadsvick
Joanna Hersey
Jon Sass
Sam Pilafian
Arnold Jacobs
Velvet Brown
Gene Pokorney
Roland Szentpali
Jim Self
Carol Jantsch
Michael Lind
Dan Perantoni
John Fletcher
Howard Johnson
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Timpani
Vic Firth
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Marimba
Evelyn Glennie
Nancy Zeltsman
Katarzyna Myzca
Pius Cheung
Eriko Daimo
She-e Wu
Keiko Abe
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Vibraphone
Lionel Hampton
Gary Burton
Milt Jackson