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  2. List of concert works for saxophone - Wikipedia

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    Concerto for alto saxophone and string orchestra (1993)— Krzysztof Meyer. Music for alto saxophone and orchestra (1993/95)— Bertold Hummel. Cyber Bird Concerto, for alto saxophone and orchestra, Op. 59 (1994)— Takashi Yoshimatsu. My Assam Dragon for alto saxophone and orchestra (1994/1996)— Jan Sandström.

  3. Alto Reed - Wikipedia

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    Saxophone. Years active. 1972–2020. Alto Reed (born Thomas Neal Cartmell, May 16, 1948 – December 30, 2020) [1] was an American saxophonist best known as a long-time member of Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band [2][3] He was a 1966 graduate of Lake Shore High School in St. Clair Shores, Michigan [4]

  4. David Sanborn - Wikipedia

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    David Sanborn. 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] He began playing the saxophone at the age of 11 and released his first solo album, Taking Off, in 1975. [2]

  5. List of jazz saxophonists - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  6. Charlie Parker - Wikipedia

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    Parker began playing the saxophone at age 11, and at age 14 he joined the Lincoln High School [7] 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 ...

  7. Lou Donaldson - Wikipedia

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    1952–2017. Website. loudonaldson.com. Lou Donaldson (born November 1, 1926) [1] is an American retired jazz alto saxophonist. He is best known for his soulful, bluesy approach to playing the alto saxophone, although in his formative years he was heavily influenced by Charlie Parker, as were many during the bebop era.

  8. Kenny G - Wikipedia

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    Kenny G is one of the best-selling artists of all time, with global sales totaling more than 75 million records. [2] 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 ...

  9. Raphael Ravenscroft - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

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