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2. Earl Bostic - Wikipedia

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   1931–1965. Eugene Earl Bostic (April 25, 1913 – October 28, 1965) [1] was an American alto saxophonist. Bostic's recording career was diverse, his musical output encompassing jazz, swing, jump blues and the post-war American rhythm and blues style, which he pioneered. He had a number of popular hits such as "Flamingo", "Harlem Nocturne ...

3. 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.

4. Sadao Watanabe (musician) - Wikipedia

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   Years active. 1953–present. Website. www.sadao.com. Sadao Watanabe (渡辺 貞夫, Watanabe Sadao, born 1 February 1933) is a Japanese jazz musician who plays alto saxophone and sopranino saxophone. He is known for his bossa nova recordings, although his work encompasses many styles, with collaborations from musicians all over the world.

5. Benny Carter - Wikipedia

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   Benny Carter. Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. With Johnny Hodges, he was a pioneer on the alto saxophone. From the beginning of his career in the 1920s, he worked as an arranger including written charts for Fletcher Henderson ...

6. Alto saxophone - Wikipedia

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   The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in the key of E ♭, smaller than the B ♭ tenor but larger than the B ♭ soprano.

7. David "Fathead" Newman - Wikipedia

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   Newman was born in Corsicana, Texas, United States, on February 24, 1933, but grew up in Dallas, where he studied first the piano and then the saxophone. [1] According to one account, he got his nickname "Fathead" in school when "an outraged music instructor used it as an epithet after catching Newman playing a Sousa march from memory rather than from reading the sheet music, which rested ...