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Kenny G was born in Seattle, Washington and started playing the saxophone aged 10, inspired by a performance on The Ed Sullivan Show. He attended several schools in Seattle, including the University of Washington. During high school, he took private saxophone lessons and played in the school jazz band.
Jazz, world music: Don Wise: 1957- x: X R&B, soul: Francis Wong: X X Jazz: Chris Wood: 1944-1983 X X X X Rock: Phil Woods: 1931-2015 X: X Bebop: Andrew Woolfolk: 1951-2022 X X X R&B: John Worley: 1919-1999 X Classical: Laurence Wyman: X Classical: Lester Young: 1909-1959 X Jazz: Daniel Zamir: 1981- X X Free jazz, Jewish music: John Zorn: 1953 ...
David William Sanborn (July 30, 1945 – May 12, 2024) was an American alto saxophonist.Sanborn worked in many musical genres; his solo recordings typically blended jazz with instrumental pop and R&B. [1]
The saxophone break on "Baker Street" has been described as "the most famous saxophone solo of all time" [4] and "the most recognizable sax riff in pop music history". [5] The distinctive wailing, bluesy sound of the sax riff was a result of the alto saxophone Ravenscroft was using being tuned slightly flat, and in a radio interview in 2011, he ...
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 ...
Barbara Gracey Thompson MBE (27 July 1944 – 9 July 2022) was an English jazz saxophonist, flautist and composer. She studied clarinet, flute, piano and classical composition at the Royal College of Music, but the music of Duke Ellington and John Coltrane made her shift her interests to jazz and saxophone.
Gordon began his study of music with the clarinet at the age of 13, then switched to the alto saxophone at 15, and finally to the tenor saxophone at 17. [5] [4] He studied with multi-instrumentalist Lloyd Reese while attending Thomas Jefferson High School, and studied with the school’s band director, Sam Browne. [6]
Edentia for soprano saxophone and electronic music (2007)—Karlheinz Stockhausen Three Jazzicals for soprano saxophone and tuba (2009)— Howard J. Buss Cosmic Portraits for flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, and tenor saxophone (2009)— Howard J. Buss