This month’s featured saxophonist performed and composed for different musical settings all over the world until the time of his death in the early 2000’s. With a unique style and voice he was a champion of un accompanied performance. In 1963 he recorded along side Thad Jones and Phil Woods under the direction of a pianist who was known to be a bit eccentric. The music of the particular pianist was never far from the ear of the saxophone player as he seldom performed or recorded with out playing at least one composition written by the pianist.

Who was the featured saxophone player and who was the pianist mentioned?