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- Rudresh Mahanthappa (born 1971), (alto)
- Joe Maini (1930–1964), (alto)
- Didier Malherbe
- Steve "The Count" Marcus (1939–2005), (tenor, soprano)
- Charlie Mariano (1923–2009), (alto)
- Eric Marienthal (born 1957)
- "Blue" Lou Marini (born 1945) (soprano, alto, tenor)
- Branford Marsalis (born 1960), (tenor, soprano)
- Warne Marsh (1927–1987), (tenor)
- Andy McGhee (born 1927)
- Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre (born 1936)
- Hal McKusick (born 1924), (alto, clarinet)
- Jackie McLean (1931–2006), (alto)
- Charles McPherson (born 1939), (alto)
- Marion Meadows (soprano)
- Bob Mintzer (born 1953), (tenor)
- Roscoe Mitchell (born 1940), (saxes)
- Hank Mobley (1930–1986), (tenor)
- James Moody (1925–2010), (tenor, alto)
- Frank Morgan (1933–2007), (alto)
- Dick Morrissey (1940–2000), (tenor, soprano)
- Gerry Mulligan (1927–1996), (baritone)
- Mike Murley (tenor, soprano)
- David Murray (born 1955), (tenor)
- Henry 'Boots' Mussulli (1915–1967), (alto)
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