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Turner has mentioned both Marsh and Coltrane as influences, and has used elements of both players' styles in his music. [3] Turner's range extends into the high altissimo register. His improvised lines tend to span several octaves and contain great harmonic and rhythmic complexity.
In his playing Desmond was also notable for his ability to produce extremely high notes, the altissimo register, on his saxophone. Desmond played a Selmer Super Balanced Action model alto saxophone with an M. C. Gregory model 4A-18M hard rubber mouthpiece, both dating from circa 1951, with a moderately stiff Rico 3 ½ reed. [21]
Saxophone altissimo is generally considered to be any note that is higher than written high F ♯, which is considered the highest note in the saxophone's regular range. Altissimo is produced by the player using various voicing techniques such as air stream, tongue, throat and embouchure variations to disturb the fundamental of a note, which ...
Theodore Malcolm Nash (October 31, 1922 – May 12, 2011 [1]) was a jazz musician who played saxophone, flute, and clarinet. He was a session musician in Hollywood studios. [ 2 ] His brother is trombonist Dick Nash and his nephew is saxophonist Ted Nash , [ 3 ] who is a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra led by Wynton Marsalis .
Cohen's publishing company, To the Fore Publishers, prints original, historical and contemporary saxophone works from a wide range of composers, in addition to Cohen's own arrangements and settings for saxophone ensemble. His collection of songs and dances transcribed for saxophone quartet, The Renaissance Book, is published by Galaxy Music.
(Illustration: Yahoo News; Photos: YouTube) The man’s name is Tim, or Timmy, Cappello, and at age 68 he’s still baring his biceps, blowing that sax, and rocking the heavy-metal neck-chains.
Bumpus began his musical career playing alto saxophone at ten for his school band, and by age twelve he was playing at Luso-American dances. He attended Santa Cruz High School where he performed in the band and won the John Philip Sousa Award. He also played school dances with his own band, Corny and the Corvettes.
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