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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 category for jazz saxophonist whose primary, or sole, instrument is alto saxophone. Subcategories. ... Pages in category "Jazz alto saxophonists"
Jazz: Harold Ashby: 1925-2003 X Jazz: Georgie Auld: 1919-1990 X Jazz: Albert Ayler: 1936-1970 X: X Jazz: Jerome Badini: X Nu jazz: Gabe Baltazar: 1929- X Jazz: Greg Banaszak: 1966- X X Classical: Linda Bangs: X Classical: Gato Barbieri: 1932-2016 X Jazz: Eddie Barefield: 1909-1991 X Jazz: Phillip Barham: 1957- X: X X: Classical: Paul "Polo ...
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Parker began playing the saxophone at age 11, and at age 14 he joined the Lincoln High School [8] band where he studied under bandmaster Alonzo Lewis. His mother purchased a new alto saxophone around the same time. Parker's biggest influence in his early teens was a young trombone player named Robert Simpson, who taught him the basics of ...
Paul Desmond (born Paul Emil Breitenfeld; November 25, 1924 – May 30, 1977) [1] was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer and proponent of cool jazz.He was a member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet [2] and composed the group's biggest hit, "Take Five".
James Newton, jazz and classical flutist “When I was about 16 years old, I’d just started playing the flute, and a friend said, ‘Hey, you’ve got to hear this flute player.’ And I heard ...
List of cool jazz and West Coast jazz musicians and vocalists. A ... 97, 105 - Saxophone; Earl Anderza - alto saxophone; David Axelrod - composer; B. Chet Baker [1 ...