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A category for jazz saxophonist whose primary, or sole, instrument is alto saxophone. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. ...
Jazz saxophonists are musicians who play various types of saxophones (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone etc.) in jazz and its associated subgenres. The techniques and instrumentation of this type of performance have evolved over the 20th century, influenced by both movements of musicians that became the subgenres and by particularly influential sax players who helped reshape ...
A, Alto; T, Tenor; B, Baritone; b, Bass; c, Contrabass (or tubax) sc, Subcontrabass; Indicators key: X, instrument has been used by person or group; X, instrument has been used by person or group, but much less often than other X-marked instruments; C, person or group uses a C melody saxophone (either as primary instrument, or in addition to ...
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Bebop or bop is a style of jazz developed in the early to mid-1940s in the United States. The style features compositions characterized by a fast tempo (usually exceeding 200 bpm), complex chord progressions with rapid chord changes and numerous changes of key, instrumental virtuosity, and improvisation based on a combination of harmonic structure, the use of scales, and occasional references ...
John Richard Handy III (born February 3, 1933) [1] is an American jazz musician most commonly associated with the alto saxophone. He also sings and plays the tenor and baritone saxophone, saxello , clarinet , and oboe .
Perhaps his best known recorded work as a sideman is a pop piece, his alto sax solo on Billy Joel's 1977 "Just the Way You Are". [1] He also played the alto sax solo on Steely Dan's "Doctor Wu" from their 1975 album Katy Lied, [5] as well as Paul Simon's "Have a Good Time" from the 1975 album Still Crazy After All These Years. [6] Woods in 1983