| 单词 | alto |
| 例句 | When the second line is played by an alto sax player, the result sounds like the first line. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Transpose parts up a major sixth for alto sax, and up an octave plus a major sixth for bari sax. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z She thought about our waxing appointments at the Golden Fleece and my husky alto—everything, really: the way I never filled out dresses right, the way women’s gloves no longer fit me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He had his choice of a dozen Ivy Leaguers, but he wanted her, he said, for her “Iron Curtain look,” the angular temples and jaw, the heady alto speaking voice. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z For example a bass trombone4l has a lower range than a tenor trombone, and an alto saxophone42 sounds higher than a tenor saxophone. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Next to an alto she sang alto, by a soprano, soprano. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My voice would rise from tenor to alto. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Viola would sing alto with me in the kitchen to “Hard Times Come Again No More,” but she refused to listen to Mr. Scott Joplin. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z After a shaky start, the altos started harmonizing mellow and deep. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Our choir will only have two parts, soprano and alto.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z The music on the stand in front of me is illuminated, and I fall in love with the light, the alto clef curlicuing around the cloudy patterns from Papa's pipe. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Suesetta stops in the middle of the choir stand—where the altos usually are—holding a hymnal in her arms. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He had his alto sax idol, Johnny Hodges, with Duke Ellington’s band, but he said he thought too many young musicians were only carbon-copying the big-band names on the same instrument. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The viola's song is in a language no one knows; it reads from the alto clef, not the treble. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Man, when I see myself in the future, it’s on a bandstand, fingering my alto. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I forfeit the solo to Anna Muller—whom Carissimi could never love—and am moved into the altos. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was gleaming brass against the green velvet, an alto sax. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z There were girls with squeaky voices or soft altos, plump girls and thin ones, babyish girls who wore heart lockets and girls who were old before their time and worked as secretaries in insurance firms. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Later on they would sing together, Violet taking the alto line, the girl a honeyed soprano. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The sexophones wailed like melodious cats under the moon, moaned in the alto and tenor registers as though the little death were upon them. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She began singing in her strong, clear alto. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Thus the instrumentarium was born—the complete set of which includes bass bars, bass, alto/tenor, and soprano metallophones, xylophones and alto and soprano glockenspiels. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I recognize one of Mustafa’s friends playing the alto saxophone and a boy from his basketball team strumming the bass guitar. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z And Sir Grummore began cackling in a tuneless alto, like thousands of wild geese on the Wash. “Hush! Hush!” cried Sir Palomides. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Figure 6.21: In the top line, the melody is written out in concert pitch; on the second line it has been transposed to be read by an alto saxophone. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Figure 2.9: Voices are as individual as faces; some altos will have a narrower or wider range, or the sweetest and most powerful part of their range in a different place than other altos. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “We are already overloaded on altos,” she said. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She sorts each of us, sopranos to the right, altos to the left. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Below I could hear Call’s new deep voice rumbling in reply to my mother’s soft alto. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyone trying to tune into the present moment in jazz could do a lot worse than starting with Immanuel Wilkins, an alto saxophonist whose playing is at once dazzlingly solid and perfectly lithe. Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion Take Control, and 10 More New Songs 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Still, she adored the classical repertoire, which she performed as a first alto in Howard’s nationally renowned concert choir. Eulaulah Hathaway on Her Musical Marriage to Donny Hathaway 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z Why did you switch to tenor from alto? “If You’re in the Song, Keep on Playing”: An Interview With Pharoah Sanders 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Dakota shrugged and smirked: “To me, alto sax sounds like a dying duck.” ‘Stay Elevated’: How homeless youth and Seattle Symphony Orchestra built a score 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z As Charlie Parker did with alto saxophone, Dizzy Gillespie with trumpet and J.J. Jazz clarinet great Buddy DeFranco dead at 91 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z VH1's donation included 11 clarinets, eight flutes, six trumpets, four trombones, three alto saxophones, and a ready-made percussion section with snare and bass drums, cymbals and marching bells. Foundation aims for new instruments across W.Va. 2011-01-29T16:35:08Z The festival, whose 22nd edition ran over the weekend, involves free outdoor concerts in Harlem and the East Village, neighborhoods where Parker, the pioneering alto saxophonist and bebop lodestar, once lived. Review: Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Subtly Recalls Its Inspiration 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Wearing green or blue T-shirts that declared them to be an alto or soprano, they filled the theater with elementary-school enthusiasm. Stars rock the Kodak at Oscar's music rehearsals 2011-02-26T06:48:08Z “Come Sunday” was originally written in 1943 as a feature for alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges on the suite, “Black, Brown and Beige.” Stephen Newby spreads Duke Ellington's sacred message | Concert preview 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Now it is the standard left-to-right lineup: sopranos, altos, tenors and basses. Music Review: Michael Tilson Thomas Conducts Mahler at Tanglewood 2010-07-18T21:49:00Z Mr. Morgan, who died in 2007 at 73, was an alto saxophonist with a quiet but penetrating sound, limpid and centered and beautifully personal. Critic’s Notebook: Michael Connelly Wants to Make a Film About Frank Morgan 2012-06-05T21:15:15Z Her bold alto voice and sassy back-phrasing almost, but don’t quite, belie that she’s a barely cooperative teenager desperate to rebel. Review: Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher, at Home in ‘Bright Lights’ 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The traditional English church choir includes men singing in their falsettos to provide the alto line in hymns and anthems. Falsetto: The enduring love affair with the soaring male voice 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z Male altos, who created an intriguing softness within the aural fabric of the chorus, contributed solos so subtle they almost evaporated. Around New York, Different Ways of Hearing Handel’s ‘Messiah’ 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Chance switched to alto saxophone with Kim Gordon, long of Sonic Youth; she made vocal loops, he played film-noir lines and they largely ignored each other until a final buildup. Music Review: Round-Robin Duets at Brooklyn Masonic Temple 2013-05-02T21:52:58Z He grew up in Aarhus, where he first learned the violin, then, as a teenager, the clarinet and alto saxophone after hearing American jazz musicians on tour. John Tchicai obituary 2012-10-11T17:25:54Z “I would think it’s the thing that everyone is looking for,” Mr. Neef said of the alto voice, in a telephone interview. Avery Amereau Is a Rarity in Music: A Contralto 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Robson's orchestrations make good use of Lockrane's concert, alto and bass flutes and Turner's cool tenor sax, which he also pairs with his own clean guitar lines. Phil Robson's IMS Quintet ? review 2011-01-20T18:24:04Z Even his voice is a soothing alto, with an accent that is an amalgam of East and West. Meet Yang Li, a designer putting China on fashion’s biggest stage Irby spun gold from his alto on Wayne Shorter’s “Mama ‘G’,” which featured a nod to Art Blakey’s version of the tune, as drummer Ali Jackson banged his cowbell. Wynton Marsalis, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra shake out a kaleidoscopic concert 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z He returns with his quartet, featuring the alto saxophonist Bruce Williams, the bassist Jay Anderson and the drummer Billy Drummond. Jazz Listings for June 24-30 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z On his MySpace he credits two females for their backing vocals, three alto and soprano sax players, a violinist, and someone for his "80s guitar solo" on one track. New band of the day ? No 782: Jai Paul 2010-05-10T14:33:00Z Mr. Lehman, 39, is an alto saxophonist at the forefront of experimental improvised music. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Hill scores his melodies in braided lines for trumpet and alto, and his coordination with Mr. McBride, on slanted sprints like “White Shadow” and “Return of the Student,” was impeccable. Marquis Hill Blacktet Plays at TriBeCa Performing Arts Center 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z She performs music from the album with her New York quintet, including a front line of Roman Filiu on alto saxophone and Jérôme Sabbagh on tenor saxophone. Jazz Listings for April 29-May 5 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Steve Coleman, an alto saxophonist and composer given to complex systems, has honed his flagship band like a steel blade, and here was a set that capitalized on all of its flexible slippery strengths. Pop and Jazz Concert Highs of 2011 2011-12-28T23:32:40Z Thrashing and full of impact but endlessly slippery, Logan Richardson’s two-electric-guitar quintet remains guided at every turn by his alto saxophone. The Best Jazz of 2018 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Rich with percussion, organs, interwoven guitar lines, alto sax bursts, cowbell and a gorgeous tone that seems to echo in the eardrums, it's an urgent, groove-heavy affair. Essential tracks: J.D. McPherson's 'Let the Good Times Roll' a sharp shock 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z His days are numbered and the film moves like a Charlie Parker solo – so hectic you wonder if the alto sax will live out the next 16 bars. Breathless (A Bout de Souffle): No 4 2010-10-16T10:51:00Z Mr. Coleman grew up on Chicago’s South Side, listening to a mix of funk, soul and his father’s Charlie Parker albums, and started playing the alto saxophone at age 14. After 30 Albums and 3 Recent Prizes, a Jazzman Flirts With the Mainstream 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z Yosvany Terry on the alto saxophone at the Jazz Standard on Wednesday evening. Music Review: Yosvany Terry Quintet at the Jazz Standard 2012-04-13T20:05:53Z But there is a purity in the sound of trained boy sopranos and altos that a mixed adult choir cannot match. Music Review: John Scott Leads ?Messiah? at St. Thomas Church - Review 2011-12-07T22:50:23Z Soon after Blue Note Records released his debut album, “Omega,” in 2020, I found myself nagged by that question: Whose alto playing casts the biggest shadow over Wilkins? On ‘The 7th Hand,’ Immanuel Wilkins Sees Jazz as an Escape Pod 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z The alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins and his quartet make bristling, physical music, both leaning into and pulling against the swing rhythm that has historically been the backbone of jazz. On ‘The 7th Hand,’ Immanuel Wilkins Sees Jazz as an Escape Pod 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Sade’s speaking voice is even lower than the husky alto in her songs, the elegantly subdued ballads that have sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. 2010-02-06T00:53:00Z Ideally possessed of a haunting, otherworldly beauty, the voice of a countertenor is comparable in range to that of an alto. Russell Oberlin, Renowned Countertenor, Is Dead at 88 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z The combination of soprano, alto, tenor and baritone instruments produces an amazingly broad range of effects, from “sublimely beautiful timbres,” as Mr. Levy puts it, to “really grotesque, amazing sounds.” Week Ahead: May 30 ? June 5 2010-05-28T15:11:00Z They perform here on a bill with Matana Roberts, an alto saxophonist and a multimedia storyteller of manifold approach. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z But Fletcher apparently believes the drummers, not the alto sax players, should get the abuse. Review: Whiplash Moves to the Beat of a Driven Drummer 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z On Mega Millions, Crow speaks over horn-filled hold music, mostly cheerful, though with one or two bleats of blues in the anguish of alto sax. Watching Lottery Drawings in an Age of Plutocracy 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z “For unto us a child is born” was a marvel of color: The tenors offered a sense of wonder; the altos, excitement; the basses, appreciation; the sopranos, confidence. Around New York, Different Ways of Hearing Handel’s ‘Messiah’ 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z A spoken homage to him opens the show, then the maverick maestro's whooping, spinning alto sound dives right in, followed by Tacuma's grunting bassline, and eventually all the others in a collective tussle. Jamaaladeen Tacuma/Ornette Coleman: For the Love of Ornette ? review 2011-01-27T21:30:01Z Mr. Mahanthappa, an alto saxophonist, writes along the divide between contemporary jazz and South Asian classical, always with a sense of acute direction and well-hewn architecture. The Best Albums of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Mr. Woods was widely regarded as an heir to Charlie Parker, the alto saxophonist who, along with trumpeter Gillespie, introduced the lightning-fast and intricate bebop style in the 1940s. Phil Woods, celebrated alto saxophonist in jazz, dies at 83 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z He appears here with a working band that includes the alto saxophonist Brandon Cook, the guitarist Matthew Stevens and the bassist Kris Funn. Jazz Listings for Jan. 17-23 2014-01-16T23:23:06Z Mr. Stetson, who plays alto, tenor and bass saxophones, recorded these songs live, in single takes, and emerged with songs that are elegantly composed and violently textured. Playlist: New Music by George Strait, Colin Stetson and N.O.R.E. 2013-05-24T22:50:59Z She downplays her own powerhouse mezzo-soprano, lending Harriet a staid alto as she sings “Wade in the Water” and “Go Down Moses.” We all know Harriet Tubman was a hero. The stars of ‘Harriet’ want you to see her humanity. 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Vinson's alto sounds delicately clarinet-like on Duke Ellington's Morning Glory, and Lund echoes his phrasing on a gently strolling I Should Care, before engaging in a whispered dialogue with Le Fleming's walking bass. Lund/Vinson/Le Fleming: OWL Trio – review 2013-07-04T22:30:01Z Gene held out his alto sax, his instrument, to the guy, and said, “Here. You play just like Charlie Parker!” The Underground Worlds of Haruki Murakami 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z With a rich alto and a vivacious presence onstage, this Malian singer, songwriter, guitarist and actress has become one of West Africa’s most exciting young musical exponents. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Singer Duncan Wallis performs in a surprising alto that's richer than mere falsetto, but one can't help thinking that were they able to focus on one topic for a while, things could get very interesting. This week's new live music 2013-02-02T06:00:11Z At Threes Brewing, the ensemble will play music from its most recent album, “Sounds From the Deep Field,” with help from a special guest, the acutely virtuosic alto saxophonist David Binney. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Gary Bartz and Vincent Herring, two esteemed alto saxophonists, pay tribute to the instrument’s greatest hero, Charlie Parker, on the weekend after his birthday. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z He has a smart, beseeching sound on alto saxophone, but spent more of the set behind a keyboard rig, singing hooks and ad-libs through a vocoder. Review: BRIC JazzFest in Brooklyn Wraps Up With a Mesh of Styles 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z But her voice, as usual, works like an anti-affectation machine: her slow and quiet alto makes poetry of any kind sound like plain speech. New Music 2011-06-27T22:41:28Z On the scene now for some six decades, the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master played in the groundbreaking Jimmy Giuffre Trio and recorded classic albums with alto saxophonist Paul Desmond. Guitarist Jim Hall masterful at Jazz Alley Thursday 2011-03-18T20:32:04Z “We ain’t never going to be slaves in body or in mind no more,” he said in his soothing alto. Robin Givhan: One Sunday night at Fashion Week redefined the stories that clothes can tell - The Washington Post 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z This was especially welcome in the solos for tenor and alto, which, when given over to indulgent opera singers, can undo the work’s air of otherworldly mystery. The Berlin Radio Choir Sings Rachmaninoff’s Vespers 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z I played alto saxophone in high school in nearby Greenwood. Dishing with Morgan Freeman 2012-07-02T20:50:02.250Z Structurally, the songs are bold — mixtures of balladry, hip-hop, country, soul and blues reside, in some cases, within a single song — and are flavored with instruments as diverse as organ, flute and alto sax. A new album by incarcerated musicians features songs of prison, trauma and hope 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z He recently released his first album as a leader, “Gone,” featuring the same colleagues found here: the alto saxophonist Loren Stillman and the drummer Russ Meissner. Jazz Listings for June 27-July 3 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Along with the alto saxophonist and composer Benny Carter, Mr. Collette became a leader in the struggle to eliminate segregation in the American Federation of Musicians. Buddy Collette, Musician Who Played With Jazz Greats, Dies at 89 2010-09-29T04:30:00Z But what really made Tucker exceptional was her voice: a husky alto that, from the beginning, had a knowingness to it, honed sharp. Tanya Tucker’s New Album Might Be the Best of Her Long, Underrated Career 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z There is little sense of soprano and alto voices, and I never felt that Spacek was striving to convey any emotional message through the sound. Violinist Josef Spacek displays striking dexterity but a strangely impersonal sound 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z “In my 22 years, I never remember him embarrassing anyone personally,” Kathy Welling, a member of the alto section, said Saturday. J. Reilly Lewis, organist, choral director and Bach authority, dies at 71 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z Ms. Amereau agrees: “I feel that I am an alto,” she said in an interview. Avery Amereau Is a Rarity in Music: A Contralto 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Darius Jones’s alto saxophone sound is bulbous and bawling, but it’s also sharp enough to cut deep, lodging itself in your mind. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z At Riverside Church, the bass section of the Chorale Le Chateau strongly anchored the fugue, and the altos lent it clarity. Review: ‘The Ordering of Moses’ Shines at Riverside Church 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z Brubeck got the inspiration for "Take Five" after hearing Morello playing a 5/4 beat while warming up backstage before a concert with alto saxophonist Paul Desmond. Legendary jazz drummer Joe Morello dies at 82 2011-03-13T23:46:04Z They pulse and swirl, approachable even as they court abstraction: a credit to the players, especially Todd Neufeld on guitar and Loren Stillman on alto saxophone. Ambrose Akinmusire, Drake, the Roots, St. Vincent 2011-12-17T03:03:14Z But it was in aid of Shelter and the choir was short of altos. A stranger's generous, unexpected remarks helped me deal with bereavement 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z On “Homeward Bound,” his Blue Note debut, Blake is joined by the alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, the vibraphonist Joel Ross, the pianist David Virelles and the bassist Dezron Douglas — today’s cats, basically. 15 Songs We Almost Missed This Year 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Her low-register voice encompassed both mezzo-soprano and alto, and at this stage she was able to exploit her versatility in a wide range of genres including Mozartian opera, Handelian oratorio, lieder and Yiddish folk songs. Vera R?zsa obituary 2010-11-22T18:20:00Z The rhythmic nuance of bebop, the melodically complex jazz form that came of age during World War II and is best personified by alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, also has its appeal. In Victor Provost’s hands, the steel pan becomes a mesmerizing ride 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z In October, he performed with an alto saxophone player at Row House, a restaurant in Harlem. Catherine Roosevelt, Seán McCluskey 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z Its sound creamy and warm, the group sings with a smooth blend that nevertheless allows individual voices to pierce through: a plangent alto here, a slightly husky bass there. Music Review: Stile Antico Pays Tribute to ‘Tudor Church Music’ 2014-03-09T20:21:15Z Each side is divided into treble, alto, tenor and bass, though men and women freely mix between sections, singing an octave apart. Shape, rattle and roll: The amazing survival of shape-note singing 2010-09-30T21:30:00Z It also exposed the intervallic oddness of some of the songs, as arranged for alto flute and bass clarinet, or flute and tenor saxophone. Music Review: Honoring a Jazz Pianist and Mentor (Without Using a Single Jazz Piano) 2010-10-11T21:54:00Z Here’s your chance to catch up with two young alto saxophonists, both with histories in the Midwest and promising futures in New York City. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Trinity drew its roster of soloists — spreading the wealth, it featured 15 of them — from the ranks of its own choir, which includes male altos, whose whiteish, trumpeting tone isdistinct from that of female mezzo-sopranos. Music Review: Trinity Wall Street and Musica Sacra in ?Messiah? - Review 2011-12-21T22:43:12Z Ms. Benjamin is a fine young alto saxophonist with a luminescent, liquid tone and a devotion to gregarious grooves. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z People hearing Mr. Scott for the first time were invariably startled by his striking and preternaturally high singing voice, which was the range of a high alto but with a masculine strength. Jimmy Scott, hard-luck singer with a haunting voice, dies at 88 The alto saxophonist Nick Mazzarella’s long tones, sometimes run through a harmonizer, are unnerving, rather than providing balance. Makaya McCraven Sees the Future of Jazz Through Layers of History 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Tiny and voluble, with a fierce smile and instantly recognizable white-framed eyeglasses, Ms. Wertmüller disarmed criticism by unleashing verbal torrents of explanation in a gravelly alto. Lina Wertmüller, Italian Director of Provocative Films, Dies at 93 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Musica Sacra went the more standard route of hiring four soloists, separate from its chorus; there were no male altos onstage. Music Review: Trinity Wall Street and Musica Sacra in ?Messiah? - Review 2011-12-21T22:43:12Z Hers was one of several female voices to temper the band’s masculinity, her soulful alto complementary to Berninger’s baritone. Matt Berninger, king of melancholy music, is doing just fine 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z By contrast, “u” opens with Lamar’s screams laid over the melancholy protestations of alto and tenor saxophones. Kendrick Lamar’s Capacious New Record 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z He returns next week with his quartet, featuring the alto saxophonist Bruce Williams, the bassist Jay Anderson and the drummer Billy Drummond. Jazz Listings for June 17-23 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z A Norwegian postbop guitarist with a knack for streamlining all manner of rhythmic and harmonic complexities, Mr. Lund shares a core aesthetic with the alto saxophonist Greg Osby, who joins him here. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Threadgill didn’t pick up an alto saxophone or a flute for live performance, though the video did feature him on bass flute. Review: Henry Threadgill’s Music From Two Perspectives 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z Her feathered, distant alto anchored some of the record’s best tunes — especially her own love ballad, “Nowhere Near,” the first original song she remembers feeling pride in. Yo La Tengo: Indie rock’s standard-bearer is still changing the formula, 30 years in 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Caroline Davis, an alto saxophonist, earned a Ph.D. in music cognition, but her focus lately has been on the heart, not the head. The Playlist: Shawn Mendes Shows His Scars, and 9 More New Songs 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z Sharing the bill is another quintet, led by the alto saxophonist Patrick Cornelius, that has the same personnel with one substitution: the guitarist Miles Okazaki. Jazz Listings for Feb. 7-13 2014-02-06T23:46:32Z In a simple cantata, four singers — soprano, alto, tenor, bass — would carry the whole load. Music Review | Trinity Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra: At Trinity, Andrew Parrott Leads a Full-Bodied ?Passion? 2010-03-16T21:46:00Z I say “they,” because what gender is a eunuch singing somewhere between the alto and soprano range? Gender Outlaws, Floating Freely Outside Binary Boxes 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z The only sounds were Anderson's violin and keyboard, Zorn's alto sax, and Reed's electric guitar. Lou Reed booed in Canada for free-improv set 2010-07-05T09:08:00Z When the alto saxophonist Angélla Christie strode onstage on Friday night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, she was joined only by a piano player. Solange Curates Powerful Performances of Black Joy and Pain at BAM 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z “I want to be much better,” she sings in a rich, yearning alto, “and I want to do so much more.” Bruce Springsteen’s Exuberant Soul Cover, and 10 More New Songs 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Thomas was the alto sax player, flutist and percussionist. Kool & the Gang co-founder Dennis Thomas dead at age 70 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z At the time, Tippett was preoccupied with reviving early English music from Purcell's time and earlier, but was hampered by the lack of a convincing male soloist for the the 17th-century composer's alto parts. Alfred Deller: a voice from the past 2012-05-31T09:52:25Z Given the brazen power of her instrument, a chest-rattling alto, that wasn’t quaint information; it was more like the origin myth of a superhero. Music Review | Ang?lique Kidjo: Ang?lique Kidjo: West African Music From ?Oyo? CD 2010-03-29T04:57:00Z Named after a peerless alto saxophonist and bebop lodestar, the festival usually spotlights one of his former contemporaries. Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Has Free Shows for Many Tastes 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z She has a flexible voice, too, which can range from a trilling soprano to an alto growl. Jackie Hoffman Kvetches Her Way to Royalty in ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Kelley O'Connor, tall and hieratic, was the alto soloist, intoning the final lament with sepulchral beauty, if occasional unsteadiness. Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic ? review 2011-01-28T00:29:54Z Bye-bye woozy-bluesy alto wallowing around in her own longueur; hello to a stepped-up pace in a brighter room and a crisper attitude. Cassandra Wilson's 'Another Country' refreshingly upbeat 2012-06-25T19:23:04Z If there was any weak link it was alto Alexandra Gibson, whose expressions sounded slightly forced at the beginning of the evening and whose veiled timbre didn't always carry well. Dunedin Consort – review 2012-12-21T18:07:41Z We would actually go, soprano, alto, tenor, bass. Christian Borle, From ?Smash? to ?Peter and the Starcatcher? 2012-04-12T12:00:00Z With Mountain Man, the North Carolina-based vocal trio, she lends her wispy alto to tender, homey tunes written in the vein of traditional Appalachian folk music. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Growing up on the South Side of Chicago, Mr. Coleman gravitated to the music of Charlie Parker, another alto saxophonist with a highly specific language of improvisation. Steve Coleman, a Jazz Outlier, Rides a Wave of Acclaim 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Take “Feather Report:” The alto saxophonist and bandleader Caleb Wheeler Curtis started with the sunny melody to “Confirmation,” one of Parker’s best-known tunes, then made drastic alterations to its rhythm. The Playlist: Unreleased Chris Cornell, and 12 More New Songs 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z He studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London and began his career as a clarinetist, but exposure to Charlie Parker recordings inspired him to switch to alto saxophone. 2010-02-11T06:21:00Z Roomful’s great showpiece is the Partita for 8 Voices, a four-movement work by one of its members, the alto Caroline Shaw, which won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for music. Review: Roomful of Teeth Stretches for a Piano Premiere 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z For this year’s service, he rewrote bass and tenor parts for altos and sopranos so it would work with the choristers who agreed to sing. Christmas Without Music? Churches Are Finding a Way 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z Though written for the expert, it is equally accessible to the amateur alto. Voice-overs 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Threadgill, 70, made no further appearance onstage on opening night; he didn’t play a note on alto saxophone or flute, nor did he conduct any of the performances. Henry Threadgill Festival at Harlem Stage 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z He draws here from a new album, “In Memory of Things Yet Seen,” featuring a knockabout quartet with Darius Jones on alto saxophone, Bill McHenry on tenor saxophone and Chad Taylor on drums. Jazz Listings for Sept. 26-Oct. 2 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z “A lot of people don’t like the tenor sax. They prefer alto.” ‘Stay Elevated’: How homeless youth and Seattle Symphony Orchestra built a score 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z The highlight of the night was Garfield alto saxophonist Ben Lindenburg’s golden solo on Jones’ sinuous ballad, “The Midnight Sun Never Sets.” Seattle Symphony salutes Quincy Jones’ career in suitably eclectic style 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z Over the next two hours, Barnwell painstakingly leads each section — soprano, alto, tenor, bass — through its part. A serendipitous life: Ysaye Barnwell and the healing power of music 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z There were daily doses of Roomful of Teeth, which has become popular for its cute use of extended vocal techniques and because the alto Caroline Shaw is an appealing young star composer. Worlds meet and worlds beyond at Ojai Music Festival 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z If the contralto field might seem the ultimate seller’s market, it is also relatively small, and, versatile as she is, Ms. Amereau fears that being pigeonholed as an alto might limit her opportunities. Avery Amereau Is a Rarity in Music: A Contralto 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z He also bought a white plastic alto saxophone, which became a visual emblem of his early years. Ornette Coleman, Jazz Innovator, Dies at 85 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Coleman was an alto saxophonist and composer who emerged from obscurity in 1959 with the album “The Shape of Jazz to Come,” which had a revolutionary effect. Ornette Coleman, innovative force in jazz and modern music, dies at 85 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z “This album is not a tribute to Charlie Parker,” the alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa writes in the liner notes to “Bird Calls.” Reviews: Rudresh Mahanthappa and Father John Misty Get Deep 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z Ornette Coleman, the alto saxophonist and composer who was one of the most powerful and contentious innovators in the history of jazz, died on Thursday morning in Manhattan. Ornette Coleman, Jazz Innovator, Dies at 85 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z With Mary Stolper and Frank playing a version of "Suenos" for soprano flute, alto flute and piano, the earthy sounds of Peruvian folk instruments were transformed into wistful melodies, jazzily jaunty rhythms and pungent harmonies. Frank's energetic chamber works reveal multi-cultural roots 2011-01-19T16:19:49Z Jones intones this lament in an unadorned alto, her words cradled by the tender filigrees of Richard Thompson’s electric guitar. She Was Deeply Moved by Refugees’ Stories. So She Told Them in Song. 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z The four parts - treble, alto, tenor and bass - sit on the side assigned to the part, facing inward. Shape note singers keep American tradition alive 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z There is death and renewal, romance and retreat, self-doubt and societal hope, all rendered with elegant restraint in her fireside alto. Joan Shelley’s New Songs Soothe Old Wounds 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Like her brother and sister, Mvula ended up studying music full-time, juggling performances as the alto singer in her aunt's a cappella group, Black Voices, with three years at the Birmingham Conservatoire. Laura Mvula: meet the world's least likely pop star 2013-05-04T08:00:00Z Otherwise the band’s personnel is as on the album, with Loren Stillman on alto saxophone, Jacob Garchik on trombone and Mark Ferber on drums. Jazz Listings for Nov. 21-27 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z His new band seems likely to swing the pendulum in both directions: it features the alto saxophonist David Binney, the guitarist Adam Rogers, the bassist Orlando le Fleming and the drummer Ben Perowsky. Jazz Listings for March 4-10 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z The alto section alone, with 59 members, is more than twice as big as, say, the entire Choir of Trinity Wall Street, whose “Messiah” I also reviewed this month. Music Review: ‘Messiah’ by the Oratorio Society at Carnegie Hall 2013-12-25T19:53:56Z With a broad tone and tenacious flow on the alto saxophone, she was clearly in possession of virtuoso talents; two leading alto saxophonists from jazz’s heyday — Phil Woods and Lee Konitz — become her mentors. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z He moved to New York at the urging of the alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, whom he had met at a jazz camp in Florida. Alphonse Mouzon, Jazz and Fusion Drummer, Dies at 68 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Featuring a bladelike quintet with Mr. Mahanthappa on alto saxophone and the impressive young Adam O’Farrill on trumpet, it’s a whirligig of brisk dynamism and bustling modernity. The Best Albums of 2015 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Her voice is a nuanced, passionate alto, capable of intricate inflections and earthy vigor. Music Review: Ghalia Benali at French Institute Alliance Française 2013-05-16T21:42:33Z For example, the second-act banquet scene in which Hamlet accuses Claudius of murdering his father features a solo for alto saxophone. A Decidedly French “Hamlet” Returns to Paris 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z With that much activity on the sonic bottom, the music was a marvelously oblique rumble, a tangle of thick roots over which Coleman’s alto blossomed. Seeing Ornette Coleman 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z The tune started with a scalar prelude, played by trumpet and alto saxophone in prayerful unison, before the onset of a dronelike ostinato. Music Review: At the Jazz Standard, a Tribute to Dizzy Gillespie 2010-04-02T22:54:00Z Baroque music, long the primary source of employment for countertenors — men who sing in the vocal register typically associated with mezzo-sopranos or altos — remains a major part of Mr. Costanzo’s career. Anthony Roth Costanzo Exists to Transform Opera 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z In creating the Swingle Singers, an octet of Parisian sopranos, altos, tenors and basses, Mr. Swingle borrowed heavily on that concept and applied it to very old music. Ward Swingle, musician who made Bach swing, dies at 87 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Roberts is an alto saxophonist, electronic musician and multimedia artist who is now four albums into a planned 12-record exploration of her family’s lore, one that merges improvised music with anthropological inquiry and speculative history. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Each of these two sets on New Year’s Eve will feature Mr. Zorn on alto saxophone, in a guest capacity. Where to Catch Music and Comedy on New Year’s Eve 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Born in 1933, he was a prodigious alto saxophonist as a teen-ager and a rising star at twenty-two, burdened with sloganeering praise as “the second Charlie Parker.” The Best Archival Jazz Releases of 2018 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z The first was on a minor-key ballad called “Burrito,” delicate despite the name, with Fender Rhodes and alto saxophone in sync. Music Review: Where Hearing the Parts Whirl Is the Point 2011-08-19T21:33:35Z His counterpart is Mr. Zenón, 37, a Puerto Rican alto saxophonist and composer, who was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2008. Jazz Listings for June 27-July 3 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Her alto range and slow, sensuous delivery result in frequent comparisons to Cat Power’s Chan Marshall, which is not off the mark but doesn’t get at the deep, clenched anxiety in Ms. Van Etten’s music. ArtsBeat: Sharon Van Etten at South by Southwest 2012-03-16T07:35:24Z How should the musical issues in the alto parts of the choruses be resolved? The More We Learn About ‘Dido and Aeneas,’ the Less We Know 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z He works here with the alto saxophonist Bruce Williams, the pianist Xavier Davis, the bassist Gerald Cannon and the drummer Willie Jones III. At 7, 9 and 10:30 p.m., Jazz Listings for May 30-June 5 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Veronneau sang the Portuguese — and the French and English of the set’s remainder — in a silken alto voice that lingered behind the beat. Review | D.C.’s beloved Blues Alley comes back to life with a joyful set from Veronneau 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z There are 12 obscure 1970s songs here, all originally recorded by men, and they re-emerge in deeply feminine wrapping – all velvety arrangements and languid alto croon. Rumer: Boys Don't Cry – review 2012-05-24T21:00:01Z Smallwood, a baritone, stands with two tenors; the altos are to his left, sopranos to his right. The Richard Smallwood you know: 4 Doves, 10 Stellars, 8 Grammy noms 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z “You better run now, while I’m having fun now,” she sings in a feathery-soft alto as the camera pans over a group of children twirling nunchucks on a sunny playground. Margaret Cho: ‘My rage is really keeping me alive’ 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z He played on albums by the trumpeter Booker Little, notably “Out Front,” a landmark of progressive postbop featuring Max Roach on drums and Eric Dolphy on alto saxophone, flute and bass clarinet. Don Friedman, Versatile Jazz Pianist, Dies at 81 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z In each case Mr. Carter plays alto, bracingly, his in-the-pocket phrasing sharpened by the lurking threat of combustion. New Music: Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, Claudia Quintet - New Albums 2011-10-11T00:13:28Z “All of my beauty icons are men,” she said in her throaty alto. The Making of Fashion?s Latest ?It? Girl 2010-12-01T08:10:00Z Larry took up the clarinet at 9 and later taught himself to play the flute, but it was the alto saxophone that was his ticket to fame. Larry Elgart, Who Kept Swing Up to Date, Dies at 95 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Switching often among the saxophone family — not just alto and tenor but also bass and mezzo-soprano, along with that gargantuan contrabass — Mr. Robinson managed to locate a different voice and sonority for each. Music Review: Scott Robinson at Jazz Standard 2012-10-28T21:31:16Z His group Alto Madness features him and three others on alto saxophone: Darius Jones, Bruce Williams and Anthony Ware. Jazz Listings for Nov. 7-13 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Baum’s set drew from her world fusion album, “Bridges,” which featured driving rhythms and tasty voicings for alto flute, French horn, bass clarinet and trumpet. From Norah Jones to Dawn Clement, women shone at Monterey Jazz Festival 2018 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z During his school years he branched out to bass clarinet, followed by tenor, alto and soprano saxophones. Willem Breuker, Dutch Composer and Bandleader, Dies at 65 2010-07-29T06:19:00Z The solo quartet were affecting, though the alto line lies fractionally too low for Pamela Helen Stephen. LPO/Wigglesworth – review 2013-05-02T17:22:24Z D.C. alto saxophonist Sarah Hughes named her Sunday night trio gig at Twins Jazz “Calling All Voices.” A one-of-a-kind performance from Sarah Hughes — and a handful of audience members 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z That still means only tenors, baritones and basses are in the Whiffenpoofs, not the sopranos and altos that women usually are. It took 109 years, but Yale’s storied a cappella group just got its first female singer 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z When he finally picks up his alto sax to mutilate Jewish folk themes with his jazz-rock septet, he resembles Kermit the Frog: gangly, bug-eyed, raising his left leg at odd intervals. John Zorn – review 2013-07-14T15:00:01Z Many of these singers are from Alabama, but some are from other states; Rebecca Over, one of the alto singers, is visiting from England for two months to attend singings around the South. Shape note singers keep American tradition alive 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z The intensifying strokes, though, back then — and likewise on Tuesday, the first night of Mr. Threadgill’s return engagement at the Vanguard — were his alto saxophone solos. Henry Threadgill and Zooid at the Village Vanguard 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Terry, a deft and blistering alto saxophonist hailing from Cuba, recently partnered with Mr. Trotignon, a French pianist of rippling sensitivity. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z A: I was originally trying to play that song on alto flute, actually. Q. and A.: Chris Potter on ‘The Sirens’ 2013-02-05T17:18:12Z “I do practice on alto and study it a lot, because from a clarity-of-voice standpoint, it’s the best,” he said. Chicago News Cooperative: A Home Where ?Strike Up the Band? Is No Idle Order 2011-08-07T06:45:06Z He likes a deep, rich pitch, and when he plays the saxophone, he prefers his alto and tenor to his soprano. Can snakes really be charmed by music? 2013-09-11T21:35:00Z Chorus members recommended he connect with Maureen Warren, an alto in the women’s chorus who is also a physical therapist. Choruses’ warm embrace helps new director heal, body and soul, after a hit-and-run 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z But it was Mr. Stewart’s second Blue Note release — “Telepathy,” with Mr. Wilson on alto and soprano and Mr. Blake on tenor — that provided the template for this group. 2010-02-15T01:06:00Z In fact, Mary is a Sunday school teacher and sings alto in her Episcopalian church choir. She’s a polyamorous Sunday school teacher. One of those things bothered her date. 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z “It was two completely different cultures,” she said in her polished British alto. Tamara Mellon’s Next Step 2012-10-28T17:57:18Z Joining them for these Tuesday and Wednesday performances is Mr. Zenón, an alto saxophonist with a brilliant and soulful style. 10 Things to Do Now in NYC 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Young and unassuming, Thomas, an alto saxophonist, is gaining recognition on the New York scene simply by virtue of his talents. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z He played clarinet and alto saxophone in the 17th Division Special Service Band as part of the Army’s 92nd Infantry Division, popularly known as the Buffalo Soldiers. Marshall Allen is 96 years old and still leading one of the most visionary jazz groups of all time 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z In a certain light, on “Interventions,” the Baltimore quartet’s invigorating third album, this is an instrumental dance band — guitar, bass, drums, alto saxophone — with a lining of post-punk energy. Review: ‘Interventions,’ the Horse Lords’ Daring and Energetic Third Album 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Scored for alto flute, bass clarinet, vibraphone/crotales, piano, violin, cello and electronic sounds and conducted here by Ransom Wilson, “The Light Within” unfolds with a somber, insistent propulsion. Review: John Luther Adams’s ‘The Light Within’ Highlights Ensemble Program at National Sawdust 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Coleman’s concepts are so impressively sturdy, his band so in sync, that one might overlook the strongest connective thread here—his alto saxophone playing, which is, by turns, pent-up or reflective. ‘Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. I (The Embedded Sets)’ by Steve Coleman Review: The Complex Made Accessible 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Playing bass saxophone and occasionally alto, he uses fingers, breath, extended techniques — including circular breathing, overblown multiphonics and vocalizing while playing — and sheer astonishing stamina to perform. Playlist: From Soft, Feathery Vocals to Locomotive Sax 2011-04-17T00:31:06Z He was part of a wave of young artists who defined the label’s forays into experimentalism, including the pianist Andrew Hill and the alto saxophonist Jackie McLean. Bobby Hutcherson, Vibraphonist With Coloristic Range of Sound, Dies at 75 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z That vision extended to a guest front line consisting of the alto saxophonist Bobby Watson, the tenor saxophonist J. D. Allen and the trumpeter Freddie Hendrix. Music Review: A Veteran Sideman Takes the Lead 2011-08-03T22:14:09Z Bear this in mind when you listen to Immanuel Wilkins, 23, an alto saxophonist from outside Philadelphia who just released a startling debut album, “Omega,” on Blue Note Records. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z The alto saxophonist Yosvany Terry blends twisty contemporary jazz with buoyant Cuban folklore, sacrificing little along the way. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z In the aria “He was despised,” the alto Melissa Attebury virtually spat out the bitter words of the central section, egged on by the crisp playing of the excellent period-instrument ensemble. Music Review: Trinity Wall Street’s ‘Messiah’ 2013-12-08T22:27:39Z CNN is broadcasting the Pennsylvania special House election results on a TV in the corner, while Paul Desmond’s alto saxophone floats overhead on the sound system, high and lonely. Review | Sushi Gakyu’s thrills lie beyond the menu 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z The orchestration included an alto saxophone, which gave “Minstrels” — in these works’ first performance by the NSO — a slightly big-band flavor; a celesta; and a battery of percussion. Runnicles and NSO go French 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Small bands with two alto saxophones are uncommon. Music Review: Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bunky Green and Common Ground 2010-04-21T22:42:00Z On “Comfort,” a song about the promises and dangers of romantic love, a verse of bluesy singing from Heidi Martin gave way to a slow, searing alto saxophone solo from Darius Jones. Live Jazz: 3 May Standouts, From Sullivan Fortner to Dana Murray 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Letissier’s voice switches from a buttery, seductive alto to a floating falsetto that is both bright and full of air. France’s Pansexual Pop Queen Arrives 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z What immediately followed the slide show was a duet consisting of the drummer Muhammad Ali, who played with Mr. Ware in recent years, and the alto saxophonist Darius Jones, who studied his example. Memorial Service for David S. Ware, Jazz Saxophonist 2013-01-08T23:13:50Z He moved in whorls on alto saxophone, his face wide open — both blank and intent — as if he were in the midst of a harrowing revelation. A Revolution in Jazz? An Avant-Garde Festival Makes History, but Not Community 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z She played guitar and wrote songs, but switched to alto saxophone after seeing a video of Charlie Parker in middle-school band class. For the Saxophonist Zoh Amba, Free Jazz Is Gospel 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z I'd heard a bit about him – he was an alto saxophonist who developed a radical approach to improvisation – but I'd not heard his records at that stage. Holding out for a hero: Soweto Kinch on Joe Harriott 2011-07-21T21:30:01Z Mr. Mahanthappa, the alto saxophonist, lived in Chicago for several years in the early 1990s, earning his master’s degree in arts at DePaul University and developing his complexly constructed, urgently propulsive music. Chicago News Cooperative: Two Jazz Greats, Tightly Bound by Chicago 2010-09-24T04:45:00Z Much of Coleman’s performance features him not on the instrument for which he was famous, the alto saxophone, but on the trumpet and the violin, which he had only recently taught himself to play. A Lost Masterwork Is Found: Thomas White's “Who's Crazy?” 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z The ascendant producer and alto saxophone player Terrace Martin arrived for "Seven Prayers," where he maneuvered through a solo that expanded on the melody of the gospel standard "Wade in the Water." Kamasi Washington and band prove 'The Epic' hype, thrill a sold-out Regent 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Wendell Morris Logan was born on Nov. 24, 1940, in Thomson, Ga. His first musical studies were with his father, an amateur alto saxophonist. Wendell Logan, Composer of Jazz and Concert Music, Dies at 69 2010-06-22T23:32:00Z Ms. Roberts is an alto saxophonist with a big, blooming tone. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z James Benjamin Rodgers’s rough and ready approach to Mahler’s tenor songs suited their boozy nature and jostled nicely with Jennifer Beattie’s warmth in the alto numbers. Argento at the Armory, With ‘Das Lied’ 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z The choir included male altos, with a whiteish, trumpeting tone; the Trinity Baroque Orchestra was composed of period instruments, with a reedy tang. This Is the Best ‘Messiah’ in New York 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z When I made that record, I was a tenor saxophonist playing alto for the first time on record and I was trying to find the right notes, to be truthful. Saxophonist James Moody dies of pancreatic cancer 2010-12-10T17:24:00Z The alto saxophone came next, and within a year of picking it up he was playing in a neighborhood dance band. Frank Foster, Jazz Saxophonist, Composer and Arranger, Dies at 82 2011-07-27T03:26:25Z Seeger once described the group’s sound as that of “two low baritones,” a “split tenor” and “one brilliant alto” — Ms. Gilbert. Folk singer Ronnie Gilbert, founding member of the Weavers, dies at 88 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z I remember that one Sunday he was singing in the men’s tenor section of our Episcopal choir and a month later he joined the altos with the women. Modern Love: From Humiliation to Appreciation — Modern Love 2013-04-18T18:07:06Z Terrace Martin’s shivering alto saxophone and Thundercat’s gauzy vocals are as powerful as the track’s spitfire refrain: “Can you hear me, can you feel me?/We gon’ be all right.” Jazz Has Always Been Protest Music. Can It Meet This Moment? 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Zorn is listed as playing alto saxophone on Saturday, and he has a habit of sticking to the plan. John Zorn at the Village Vanguard 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z Both songs were also set in the magical part of her range, where her alto evokes the warm amber and light grain of crystallized honey. Music Review: Bonnie Raitt and Mavis Staples at the Beacon 2012-06-22T23:54:20Z Taking a seat near the bar, Ms. Seales, 36, who plays the fancy publicist Tiffany on “Insecure,” ordered cod fritters and sipped sparkling water as she nodded in time to the alto saxophonist Sharel Cassity. Amanda Seales of ‘Insecure’ Revisits Her Harlem Haunts 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Hudson's lawsuit claims he wasn't properly notified of Piazza's plans to sell his property, including an alto sax and cassette recordings The Band's shows. NY judge halts auction of The Band member's stuff 2013-03-01T21:00:10Z The jazz outlaw dancing, weaving, bopping, singing with alto plastic full of human feeling, full breath-propelled runs: a serenade for “a very pretty girl.” 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Ornette Coleman 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z There’s a coolheaded but decisive tension between moment-to-moment details and the arc of a larger design in the recent music by the alto saxophonist Tim Berne. Review: Tim Berne’s Snakeoil at the Jazz Standard 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Welch’s alto is rich and tarnished, with a roughness that hints at a tired or heat-baked throat. Twenty Years of Listening to Gillian Welch 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z In Endangered Blood, from New York, two horn players are out front: Chris Speed on tenor saxophone and clarinet, Oscar Noriega on alto saxophone and bass clarinet. Critic?s Notebook: New Jazz That Keeps an Ear Trained on the Past 2011-05-06T23:26:31Z On alto saxophone, his main instrument, he has an attractively mellow sound, rooted in soul and gospel and sharpened with just a hint of metallic tang. Gerald Albright and Karen Mantler Release Albums 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z But if the moniker was bogus, Clara’s vocal gifts were real: a strong, supple alto that lent knowing intimacy to songs of love and longing. Patti Page: The Oklahoma Thrush With ‘The Tennessee Waltz’ 2013-01-04T21:54:52Z Nurtured by what he later called the “dynamite” music-education programs then available in Cleveland’s public schools, he went on to perform in local youth orchestras while also playing alto in a jazz combo. Abdul Wadud’s Cosmic Cello Music Gets Another Moment in the Sun 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z More than 60 years later, the lamenting cries of Coleman’s alto sax and Don Cherry’s pocket trumpet, in unison, are an allegory for the disillusionment we all feel. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Ornette Coleman 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z But the woman with the soaring alto, whom Bono once called “the Noelle Coward of her generation,” was far more than her best-known work. Kirsty MacColl’s Voice Was Singular. A New Box Aims to Bring It Wider. 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z But the alto saxophonist Jaleel Shaw outdoes them all with his performance at the end of Mr. Evans’s alternately peaceful and baleful piece “Jena 6.” Playlist: Revisiting the Cassette Era and Tito Puente 2011-03-25T19:04:13Z Two of them, the alto saxophonist Jim Hobbs and the bass trombonist Bill Lowe, join him in a bleary overture before the rest of the band kicks in. New Music: New Music: Javier Colon and Taylor Ho Bynum - Reviews 2011-11-28T23:08:05Z By certain appearances, the alto saxophonist Logan Richardson’s performance at Smalls should have made a listener feel impatient or unfocused. January in Live Jazz: 5 Standout Shows 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Mallinger, meanwhile, applied a tenor saxophonist's lung power to the alto horn, offering some of his most robust playing of the set. Saxophonist Pat Mallinger gets a moment of glory 2011-03-06T15:54:00Z Still, it was Mr. Nathanson, with his sideways fedora and his soprano and alto squawking, who conveyed the heart of this band. Music Review: Not Exactly Your Top 40 ?Reunited? 2010-10-01T23:00:00Z The experimental alto saxophonist and composer Matana Roberts didn’t release an album this year, but that doesn’t mean she wasn’t busy — touring at home and abroad, organizing residencies, forging new collaborations. The Playlist: New Songs From Prince and Garth Brooks, if You Can Find Them 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z The alto saxophonist and producer Terrace Martin released his proper debut album, while collaborating with a visionary elder, Herbie Hancock. For Kamasi Washington, It’s About Keeping an Open Mind 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Or like this set: full of suspense and dramatic tension, and wise, abrupt solos by this bandleader on alto saxophone and flute. From The Times, the Best Bands and Acts Heard All Year 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z “This is something that I looove,” Hicks croons in her rich alto. Fans love it. Critics don’t. After Tyler Perry, can urban theater cross over? 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z Our flutist is doubling piccolo and alto flute. At the Heart of a 19th-Century Opera: Modern Gun Culture 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z They are sparkling virtuosos and their clever, tidy arrangements for various combinations of clarinet, alto and tenor saxophone are smart and refreshing. Peter and Will Anderson play joyous jazz | Concert preview 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z Joining them is Mr. Zenón, an alto saxophonist with a brilliant and soulful style. Jazz Listings for Dec. 2-8 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Rose, who is both, has a supple alto that can ascend without apparent strain into soprano range. Review | At DC9 show, Lightmare’s mix of soul and punk sounds great at half speed and full tilt 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z But Ms. Pope, an assured performer with a brazen alto, shines in the role, changing her accent and identity even more often than her bloomers. Review: In ‘Horseplay,’ a Terrible Actress Becomes Her Era’s Kim Kardashian 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z On “Twin Flame,” the set’s opener, Mr. Hill and the alto saxophonist Braxton Cook traded solos, Mr. Hill issuing adamant, downward runs and Mr. Cook rising up in sunny flares. Live Jazz: Three September Standouts, From Fay Victor to Starebaby 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z His alto saxophonist, Paul Desmond, had traced a melody in 5/4 time over a drum pattern that Morello was using to warm up before concerts. The best of Dave Brubeck – in video clips 2012-12-06T11:38:57Z The additional textures of alto and tenor saxes, sousaphone, banjo and accordion sing out moodily, heightening the tension between jazzy sensuality and serial formality. Lulu; Huw Watkins day – review 2013-02-17T00:06:20Z An alto and soprano saxophonist whose career has taken him through postbop, jazz funk and free jazz, Mr. Bartz continues to draw connections in his music. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Before that was the Oliver Lake Organ Quartet, led by its well-traveled namesake alto saxophonist. Music Review: A Wide-Ranging Festival Savors Some Late-Night Jazz 2011-06-29T21:55:14Z Born in Hamlet, North Carolina on 23 September 1926, Coltrane took up alto saxophone at 15, after beginning his musical education on alto horn and clarinet. 50 great moments in jazz: John Coltrane's giant step for improvisation 2010-08-09T15:49:00Z Atop that sturdy, percussive foundation, Lindeman’s nimble voice moves from airy falsetto to an earthy alto with the grace and daring of a diving bird. Climate Change Is Worsening. So the Weather Station Is Singing About It. 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z Here’s Johnny Hodges, delivering four minutes of the most seraphic alto saxophone playing to be found on record, on this chestnut from Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s “Far East Suite.” Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z His later projects included an album of unaccompanied alto flute improvisations. Sam Most, Who Helped Bring the Flute Into the Jazz Mainstream, Dies at 82 2013-06-23T02:12:54Z Berne wields his alto saxophone in sharp, staccato cuts and streaky gestures; the entire group steams with a kind of compressed energy that’s writhing to escape — but never fully does. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z The title track is a previously unissued piece of Mr. Coleman’s, in a manner of speaking: It’s a scrappy tune transcribed from his alto saxophone playing. Review: An All-Star Jazz Trio Explores Form and Freedom 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z In the public imagination, as Mr. Vardi was painfully aware, the viola was considered merely a humble alto cog in the vast orchestral machine. Emanuel Vardi, a Champion of the Viola, Dies at 95 2011-02-07T05:02:48Z Her warbling alto cadence shares strong similarities with that of Katy Perry; her suggestive stage spectacles evoke Ms. Perry’s, too. Pop & Rock Listings for April 24-30 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Jazz became his main squeeze before he turned 10, and he picked up the alto sax. Before he won Oscars for his music, composer Howard Shore helped kick off SNL 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Eventually, she swapped the alto for a tenor, and at that point, “It felt like everything completely vanished, and I was living in this world that I always dreamed of.” For the Saxophonist Zoh Amba, Free Jazz Is Gospel 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z A framed photograph taken just before the performance, with Ms. Clark, an alto, near the front and Mr. Clark, a bass, near the back, dominates the living room of their home here. Voices of America: A Cold-War Mormon Moment 2010-08-20T17:04:00Z He played both alto and tenor saxophone as well as flute, and he was best known for his "Moody's Mood for Love," an improvisational version of popular 1930s song "I'm in the Mood for Love." Jazz great James Moody dies of cancer, age 85 2010-12-10T20:16:00Z Produced with Ben Peeler, who plays lap steel and acoustic guitars, among other things, it’s a five-song collection of rusticated devotionals, ideally suited to Ms. Lynne’s honeyed but husky alto. Playlist: New Albums: Neil Young, Thelonious Monk and Shelby Lynne 2013-12-06T21:53:11Z Tacoma native, player of the unusual tenor guitar, singer of gorgeous alto notes. 28 bands not to miss at Sasquatch! 2014 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The concert’s musical director, Sherman Irby, did more than play a soulful and irresistibly puckish alto saxophone solo on “Merry Christmas Baby.” It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z And anyway, where would Ms. Amereau find a top-flight alto to teach her? Avery Amereau Is a Rarity in Music: A Contralto 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z He had piano lessons at first but took up the alto saxophone when he was 12, later becoming proficient on tenor and baritone saxophones and majoring on the flute. Buddy Collette obituary 2010-10-06T17:06:00Z One of the most casually prodigious alto saxophonists of today, Zenón devotes most of his creative energy to exploring the music of his native Puerto Rico, always through a vigorously intellectual lens. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Spirit of Parker, Freely Inhaled The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, now in its 21st year, doesn’t always genuflect directly to its namesake, the alto saxophonist and bebop paragon commonly known as Bird. | Jazz: Spirit of Parker, Freely Inhaled 2013-08-16T19:07:54Z Solidity is a rarer commodity among countertenors, but Daniel Bubeck supplied enough of it, with attractive tone, in the alto solos. Music Review: Exploring Variations in a Christmastime Favorite 2010-12-08T23:09:00Z Despite being hard of hearing, he gravitated toward music and began playing alto saxophone at 16, later switching to tenor. James Moody, Jazz Saxophonist, Dies at 85 2010-12-10T19:00:00Z Ms. Rial shared the vocal numbers in this 90-minute program with the male alto Vincenzo Capezzuto, and alas, I — alone, to judge from the audience response — couldn’t develop a taste for his boyish, bodiless sound. Review: L’Arpeggiata Opens Before Bach Festival at Carnegie Hall 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z “I was hired to play second alto, though I played lead on all the bebop tunes.” Phil Woods, celebrated alto saxophonist in jazz, dies at 83 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z The melody of “Little Girl I’ll Miss You,” composed by another formative influence, alto saxophonist Bunky Green, invites the album’s most tender moments. ‘Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. I (The Embedded Sets)’ by Steve Coleman Review: The Complex Made Accessible 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z And though the focused, shimmering sound of the choir’s collected voices — which includes older boys singing alto, tenor and bass parts — was splendid, the treble voices were especially wondrous. Review: With All-Boy Choirs Up for Debate, an Ensemble Soars 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z Those are qualities well suited to his quartet for this weekend run, which features the alto saxophonist Tim Green, the bassist Reuben Rogers and the drummer McClenty Hunter. Jazz Listings for Dec. 11-17 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z When he made a little mistake in a composition—hidden fifths between an alto and bass part!—Boulanger screamed at him. Works of Glass 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z At the same time, bebop — an insurgent, often frenetic strain of modern jazz, typified by virtuosos like the alto saxophonist Charlie Parker and the pianist Bud Powell — was a source of endless fascination for him. Wayne Shorter, Intrepid Saxophonist and Composer, Dies at 89 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z An aggressive alto flute solo that opens the work won’t leave the listener alone, as though every time Varèse turns a corner, there is this inescapable thing. Salonen's 'Pollux' supplies some grunge for L.A. Phil tour 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z I’m thinking of Greg Ward, whose long and searching alto saxophone solo in “Third Option” is one of the best things I’ve heard on record this year. Playlist: CDs by People, Places & Things, and Anibal Velasquez 2010-04-30T19:54:00Z This alto saxophonist and multimedia artist has a deep, integrative way of pulling audiences into her head space, and into her explorations of American history and culture. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z An alto saxophonist and composer originally from Chicago, Ms. Roberts has found oblique but potent uses for narrative throughout her “Coin Coin” series, in performance and on two albums, released in 2011 and 2013. Releases From Bob Dylan and Diana Krall 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z When the baritone became a burden, he reverted to the alto saxophone, playing occasional club gigs. Harry Klein obituary 2010-08-04T17:08:00Z In truth, the differences appear minimal to all but the specialist for whom the substitution of tenor cornett for alto sackbut is a matter of concern. Gabrieli Consort/McCreesh – review 2012-11-25T18:37:47Z But the real standout, if only for a moment, was Andrey Nemzer, a countertenor who stepped out of the chorus to sing the alto lead-in to “He shall feed his flock.” Music Review: ?Messiah? by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Review 2011-12-05T23:25:14Z “All I got is a clarinet and an alto,” he recalled. Marshall Allen is 96 years old and still leading one of the most visionary jazz groups of all time 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z The order that Coleman overturned with, seemingly, a blast from his alto saxophone is, in a word, bebop. Ornette Coleman’s Revolution 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z The relaxed charisma of Mr. James’s tone, especially on alto and tenor, is one reason this approach works more often than it doesn’t. New Music: ‘Bankrupt,’ by Phoenix, and ‘The Beat,’ by Boney James 2013-04-22T22:07:35Z At the beginning of the Mass for Double Choir by the Swiss composer Frank Martin, simple, flowing lines for the altos evoke the purity of Gregorian chant. Interest Grows in a Master of Choral Mystery and Power 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Her sound is the darkly creamy lager that poured forth from altos of yore. 'Norma' and 'La Clemenza di Tito' make for a Roman feast 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z The baritone Rufus Bonds Jr. sang and narrated with mellifluous voice in “It’s Freedom” and other sections, and the alto Lalah Hathaway rendered songs including “Twenty-Third Psalm” and “Come Sunday” with expressive conviction. Music Review: Six Youth Choirs Sing From Ellington’s Sacred Concerts 2014-03-26T19:59:03Z She is petite with an improbably enormous voice, a rich alto that has made the news since she was a young girl. A New Vanguard of Women in Cuban Jazz 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z When he reappeared, at the Village Vanguard, he was playing trumpet and violin as well as alto saxophone. Ornette Coleman, Jazz Innovator, Dies at 85 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z And he knew a song was useless if it didn’t match his sister’s stunning alto voice. Book gets close to the music that made Carpenters superstars 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Wilson even sings the bel canto classic "O Sole Mio" — in Italian — and on the chipper charmer "Almost Twelve," soars above her usual sultry alto into soprano territory. Cassandra Wilson's 'Another Country' refreshingly upbeat 2012-06-25T19:23:04Z Mr. Jones, an alto saxophonist, here presents two pieces of imaginative musical critique. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z “I had a very large adjustment period, because it was nothing like I expected,” she said in her fluttery, sultry alto during a break in New York, where she lives with her 6-year-old son, Bennett. Jane Krakowski Tap, Tap, Taps Into ‘A Christmas Story Live!’ 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z He owns an alto that was played by the brilliant saxophonist Cannonball Adderley and a tenor saxophone that is rumored to have belonged to the iconic tenor man Lester Young. Chicago News Cooperative: A Home Where ?Strike Up the Band? Is No Idle Order 2011-08-07T06:45:06Z Ms. Salvant is a vocalist with a supple alto and a sly relationship to the historical repertory. Jazz Listings for May 27-June 2 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z But his vocal range is octaves above Mr. Cohen’s bass, in the androgynous zone of altos and countertenors. Music Review: Asaf Avidan, the Israeli Singer-Songwriter, at Irving Plaza 2014-02-23T21:55:35Z A searing alto saxophonist and master flutist, Dolphy transformed the bass clarinet from a marginal instrument into a highly expressive vehicle for improvisation. Pianist Geri Allen brings her Tribute to Eric Dolphy to Seattle's Jazz Alley 2010-09-16T22:22:00Z Now performing as Snoh Aalegra, she has settled into a mellower R&B sound better suited to her voice — a smudgy, reserved yet emotive alto that Prince, who mentored her, praised for its “analog” appeal. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z In some classical music, as in the perennial December favourite, Handel's "Messiah," a countertenor will sing the alto solos — more usually sung by a woman. Falsetto: The enduring love affair with the soaring male voice 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z It’s like the strings represent the pain that we all experience in life and his alto saxophone is the resilience of the human heart. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Ornette Coleman 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z As in years past, the soloists in the Trinity “Messiah” were drawn from the chorus, and the recitatives and airs were distributed among several sopranos, altos, tenors and basses, instead of the usual solo quartet. Music Review: ?Messiah? Season, in All of Its Hues 2010-12-16T16:27:17Z Allyson's willowy, fetchingly hoarse alto wafted through the room like a robust perfume. Karrin Allyson shows she's at the top of her game in Jazz Alley set 2012-08-17T19:18:04Z Delegating one musician to start off each tune, he stayed about three feet from the microphone, sometimes putting a handkerchief in the bell of his alto saxophone, rounding the edges off his tone. Music Review: Veterans With Quartets, Stretching Out in Sound 2011-02-27T23:05:32Z Benjamin started her own journey in jazz, long a male-dominated form, when she told an art teacher at her elementary school that she wanted to play alto sax before she even knew what it was. A Car Accident Couldn’t Halt the Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin’s Rise 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z On “Pink Cashmere” he exhibits a staggering range, from a nearly feral-sounding falsetto to a deeper, more guttural alto. Remembering Prince 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Rossellini’s resemblance to her mother is impossible to miss from certain angles, even more so when she speaks in that husky alto. “David Lynch should be shot”: Looking back on the madness and chaos of “Blue Velvet” and Ronald Reagan’s ’80s 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z He worked for decades with the trumpeter Clark Terry, a popular emblem of swinging ebullience, and also commingled with pioneers of free jazz like the alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman. Don Friedman, Versatile Jazz Pianist, Dies at 81 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z But Campoamor, who sang soprano and alto in her first three years at Yale in a co-ed group, made it into the group as a tenor in 2018. It took 109 years, but Yale’s storied a cappella group just got its first female singer 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Her singing is strong and centered: an alluring but dispassionate alto that often serves as the album’s only organic timbre. New Music: Albums From Wye Oak and Sd Laika 2014-04-28T21:13:32Z And as I left, reluctantly, just after 2:30 in the morning, there was the alto saxophonist Jaleel Shaw, addressing a slippery arrangement of “Cantaloupe Island.” Music Review: Honoring Herbie Hancock?s 70th, at Carnegie Hall 2010-06-26T00:35:00Z Unlike England or Germany, Poland has almost no countertenor tradition, in which adult male vocalists sing at altitudes usually reserved for boy altos or mezzo-sopranos. He Break Dances. He Pole Dances. He Sings Like an Angel. 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z It's from his last Blue Note album, Caricatures – the great Gary Bartz is on alto sax. Take Five: John Fordham's month in jazz – February 2013-02-19T17:53:34Z Holly Sorensen, a mezzo-soprano, was more than adequate in the small alto numbers. Music Review: Tritle Leads Oratorio Society in ?Paulus? 2010-05-11T22:12:00Z At some point, longevity became his calling card: He calls his nimble quartet, featuring younger dynamos like the alto saxophonist Jaleel Shaw, the Fountain of Youth Band. Listeners Will Get the Birthday Gift 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z In 1958 the alto saxophonist Marshall Allen joined the band, and today at the age of 92 he leads the current version of it, through a rigorous touring life. Review: The Vision Festival Gives Experimental Jazz a Big Hug 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Scored for flute, alto flute, piano, two percussionists and four strings, the piece begins with eerily soft, sustained high string tones gently buttressed by chiming percussion chords. Review: The Quietly Cosmic Sound of Desert Stillness 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Tarbaby, the searchingly rugged piano trio, wisely teamed up this year with Mr. Lake, an intrepid alto saxophonist and a seasoned elder of the post-1960s avant-garde. A Year of Concerts With Staying Power 2013-12-29T22:45:02Z Mr. Threadgill — a Pulitzer Prize winner himself, and the only alto saxophonist on the festival — brought his own brand of bluesy acridity. Ornette Coleman’s Innovations Are Celebrated at Lincoln Center 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z They just hired a soprano, alto and tenor or whatever. She’s a rebel: Darlene Love returns to D.C. for the holidays — for her Howard Theatre show 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Jones returned with more firepower at the Old Whiskey Mill on a set with the sizzling young alto saxophonist Grace Kelly. Trumpets steal the show at Jazz Port Townsend’s opening night 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z Two songs that have long been evolving in the band’s live sets, “Can’t Stop” and “Idea of You,” include alto saxophone from LeRoi Moore, a founding band member who died in 2008. Dave Matthews Sings to the Next Generation on ‘Come Tomorrow’ 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Baez’s voice, now an alto, doesn’t do many of the things it once did. Listening to her older records, Joan Baez hears perfection in an ‘unsurpassable’ voice 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z Her alto voice conveys the subtlest hint of a Texas twang, and more than a hint of sarcasm. The abortion rights movement is bolder than it’s been in years. That’s Cecile Richards’s plan. 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z When he’s not on the road with Lauryn Hill’s band, this alto saxophonist is often found in the basement of Smalls, partaking of late-night jam sessions with other young jazz improvisers. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z In these passages, harp, celesta and silvery alto flute provided a halo for Needleman’s hypnotic sound on the solo part. BSO debut of ‘Oboe Concerto’ bursts with trills and colors 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Daring lightning to strike twice, Earshot presents protean New York alto saxophonist Darius Jones at the same venue where the late great Chicago tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson played a memorable gig in 2002. Earshot Jazz Festival features a wide range of first-rate performers 2010-10-14T20:56:00Z “It was pretty much undisputed that Arthur Blythe was the best alto saxophonist out there on the West Coast,” the tenor saxophonist David Murray said in a phone interview. Arthur Blythe, Jazz Saxophonist Who Mixed Sultry and Strident, Dies at 76 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z Somewhere past the set’s midpoint he switched to alto flute for a funk extrapolation of his song “Little Peace.” Review: Charles Lloyd Returns to the Village Vanguard 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Her songs may be charged with emotional tumult, but she delivers them in a steady monochromatic alto nearly devoid of theatrics. Music Review: Keren Ann in American Songbook Program at the Allen Room 2012-02-02T23:15:08Z The singers separated themselves into sections, according to range — soprano, alto, tenor and bass — and dug into “River Flowin’ in My Soul,” written by Faya Touré, the first African-American female judge in Alabama. The tale of the 2,018-person choir: a kickoff to Special Olympics in Seattle 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z “He just had a 360 view of things, and a completely open mind on the scene,” said the alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, who took part in the sessions. Jazz Musicians Unite With One Goal: Celebrating Frank Kimbrough 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z A saxophone solo by Lehman, 44, adds textures that he’s honed on his alto instrument: slantwise methods that he developed in formal training and time on the New York scene. An Artist Embodies an Approach to Music Without Borders 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z For the first time in the UK, the singer was partnered by his regular group, including fiery Japanese alto saxophonist Yosuke Sato. Gregory Porter ? review 2012-02-12T17:49:22Z Mr. D’Rivera worked mainly on alto saxophone, his most bracing voice, and clarinet, his most effervescent. Review: Paquito D’Rivera in Concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z There are very few Bloland recordings out there, but here’s a live take on “Of Dust and Sand,” a piece on “Chamber Industrial” for alto saxophone and a piano whose strings are vibrated by electromagnets: Classical Music This Week: Schubert, Bloland and Lip-Synching ‘Salome’ 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z He appears with his quartet, featuring the alto saxophonist Bruce Williams, the bassist Jay Anderson and the drummer Victor Lewis. Jazz Listings for Oct. 2-8 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z He played several musical instruments, primarily the alto saxophone, but also including a "string organ" that he patented. Paul Kriwaczek obituary 2011-03-17T19:00:53Z More or less self-taught, he had learned to sing in church choirs in his native Kent, gravitating naturally to the alto line when his voice broke. Alfred Deller: a voice from the past 2012-05-31T09:52:25Z “And I’m glad he didn’t because it pushed me to find an instrument that would be sort of perfect. And I went through a few and found the alto flute as the prime voice.” The Carpetbagger: ‘All Is Lost’s’ Indie Sound 2013-12-16T14:00:28Z Headlining the kickoff concert, in Harlem on Friday night, is another forward-thinking alto saxophonist, Oliver Lake, with his big band. Jazz Listings for Aug. 21-27 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Over the weekend, Trinity Wall Street’s annual presentation of Handel’s “Messiah” posed similar provocations, as soprano soloists exchanged roles with tenors, altos with basses. Review: A Singer Scales Back Her Grand-Opera Voice 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z Mr. Braxton, playing alto, soprano, sopranino and baritone saxophones, brings his usual incorrigible insight. Playlist: Hard-Swinging Sounds, With the Help of Friends 2013-08-16T19:26:20Z Throughout, the music is carried by the clear, bell-like children’s voices and the choir’s sopranos and altos; the few men’s solos are given over to tenors. David Lang’s ‘Battle Hymns’ Are Performed on the Intrepid 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Virginia Warnken, an elegant alto, replaced the same absent singer in several ensemble selections on just 24 hours’ notice. Music Review: Worth a Reprise at Age 401 2011-01-04T01:02:28Z Perhaps more significant, its personnel features the impeccable pianist George Cables and the intently soulful alto saxophonist Gary Bartz, working colleagues of Mr. Henderson’s for about the last 40 years. Eddie Henderson and Quintet Regales the Crowd at Smoke 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z There’s no mistaking the acerbic sound of Mr. Lake’s alto saxophone; it’s both quizzical and deadly serious. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Among the soloists, the alto Timothy Parsons was particularly expressive, singing with pure, free tone. Music Review: Manhattan School of Music in ‘King David’ and Stravinsky’s Mass 2014-04-07T20:32:11Z With a gleeful toss of her golden mane, the Songbird Supreme belts out in the most exultant alto soprano, "It's t-i-i-i-i-i-i-me!" How "All I Want for Christmas Is You" made Mariah Carey de facto Queen of Christmas, sans trademark 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z “I worked on the ‘Carnival of Venice’ song on my alto saxophone, and that’s a piece where the dynamics are very important,” he said. How Indian Americans Came to Love the Spelling Bee 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z Earlier in September, Mr. Muhly will discuss his music for countertenor, the male vocal part that calls for singing in the range of a female alto or mezzo-soprano. Peek at New John Adams Opera in Guggenheim’s Performance Series 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z On “Alien Goo,” Ms. Mendoza sang in a startled, soaring alto, stepping away from the mike occasionally to do some two-handed, corkscrew shredding toward the top of the guitar’s neck. The Month in Live Jazz: 5 Standout Shows 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z Wright, a 37-year-old from Georgia whose husky alto projects regal female power and gospel gravity, made a splash with her first album, “Salt,” in 2003. Catch these jazz shows in June 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Every once in a while Mr. Zorn, the alto saxophonist and experimental music figurehead, infiltrates the Vanguard, straight-ahead jazz’s temple, for a one-off matinee show. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Edith Wiens, a stellar soprano and a renowned teacher, calls the contralto voice — or, informally, alto — a freak of nature, a product of “that inch in the throat.” Avery Amereau Is a Rarity in Music: A Contralto 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z “Just because we are married don’t mean we can’t slip around,” she sang, in a seductive alto. Billie Jo Spears, Country Singer, Dies at 73 2011-12-17T06:13:37Z By the end, though, you want to stuff a sock in the alto sax. Cheikh L? ? review 2011-01-16T00:06:12Z I don’t recall exactly what I said in response to the news, but whatever it was, it ended with an exclamation point and was a half-scale higher than my usual second alto. It’s Their Wedding, and Their Wedding Planning 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z This year’s festival, presented by the City Parks Foundation with support from the Dalio Foundation, began Thursday with a Parker-focused public conversation between Mr. Mahanthappa and the alto saxophonist Oliver Lake. Review: Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Subtly Recalls Its Inspiration 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z And the fascination of the Three Russian Songs is less in the vocal melodies – flatly delivered by the basses, more beguilingly by the altos – than in the deliciously tangled orchestral web Rachmaninov weaves around them. Prom 22: BBC Philharmonic/Gianandrea Noseda ? review 2011-08-01T10:12:14Z Those are qualities well suited to his longtime quartet, with the alto saxophonist Tim Green, the bassist Reuben Rogers and the drummer McClenty Hunter. Jazz Listings for April 22-28 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z And he’s a frolicsome performer, given to hip swivels and bowlegged squats, along with a constant rotation of tenor, alto and soprano saxophones. Music Review: Dave Koz and BeBe Winans at Bergen Performing Arts Center 2012-06-24T21:39:13Z “The moving waters renew the earth,” the alto sings. Into The Music: Michael Tippett?s ?Child of Our Time? Fits With Winter 2012-01-29T04:39:18Z This time, his electric trumpet lines wove around Odom’s acoustic, prayerful alto sax playing: even more searching and heated. Composers Give New Shape to Ornette Coleman’s Jazz 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z I play a good alto – I played a bit actually on the Mott album, which is quite pleasing for me, having not touched a sax for a long time. David Bowie on Ziggy Stardust, white funk and other theatrical matters – a classic interview 2012-06-12T15:57:34Z Williamson speaks in a husky alto with a cadence that is part meditation guide and part preacher. Perspective | Marianne Williamson won’t make you feel better about America, but you’ll feel better about yourself 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z Ms. McVie’s demure alto bound together the group’s vocal harmonies; her songs promised that loyal affection was still possible. Christine McVie Rejoins Fleetwood Mac at the Garden 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z The alto saxophonist Oliver Lake, the bassist Reggie Workman and the drummer Andrew Cyrille hail from the same broad-minded jazz generation and share an agenda of rugged epiphany. Times Critics’ Guide: What to Do This Week 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Watts's alto tones sometimes echo the soulful quaver of Albert Ayler, and there are contrastingly minimal sections in which the instruments are barely blown or touched, followed by squalls bursting over percussive piano rumbles. Trevor Watts & Veryan Weston: Dialogues in Two Places – review 2012-07-26T22:44:01Z Ms. Anderson, Mr. Reed and Mr. Zorn’s set focused on Mr. Zorn’s eloquent and expressive alto saxophone playing, which shifted from mournfulness to lurid rage. Music Review: Strum, Pluck, Rescue, Rebuild 2011-04-11T21:45:04Z Coleman, who played violin, trumpet and alto saxophone, looked beyond traditional harmonic rules, chord patterns and the American Songbook repertoire. Review: Malcolm Goldstein Offers a Freespirited Salute to Ornette Coleman 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z He owns two dozen alto saxes alone — and he does not even play alto, at least not in public. Chicago News Cooperative: A Home Where ?Strike Up the Band? Is No Idle Order 2011-08-07T06:45:06Z Individual response and reflection is the realm of the solo arias, two each for soprano, alto, tenor and bass, all of them accompanied by solo instruments in supportive roles. Review | Conductor Matthew Dirst leads Washington Bach Consort in St. John Passion 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z The alto saxophonist Vincent Herring projects his sound in a strong, centered beam, and even his most intense moments suggest a controlled combustion. Review: ‘Night and Day,’ Vincent Herring’s New Album 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z There’s also a bassist, Drew Gress, and a guitarist, Liberty Ellman, along with Mr. Robinson on tenor and soprano saxophones and alto flute. New Music: ‘La Misma Gran Senora’ by Jenni Rivera and ‘Tiresian Symmetry’ by Jason Robinson 2012-12-17T22:57:59Z Even in her youth, she had a sphinx’s smile, a husky alto and an often amused, slightly weary gaze, as if she had already seen more than you ever would. How Helen McCrory Shone, Even in a Haze of Mystery 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z He played the saxophone, mostly alto, through his adolescence. ‘It has to be hot. It has to be creative’: Don Cheadle on his 10-year quest to play Miles Davis 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z When New Orleans alto saxophonist Donald Harrison plays the Jazz Showcase, he steps into his bebop persona — for good reason. Saxophonist Donald Harrison goes back to bop 2011-01-21T15:36:28Z An alto saxophonist hailing from Cuba, Mr. Filiú is not heard often enough as a leader. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z As a result, listeners hear "gorgeous pairings of baritone saxophone and tuba, French horn with alto saxophone – it's just beautiful music to my ears," says Hogarth. Miles Davis' 'Birth of the Cool' heats up again 2011-03-07T15:00:00Z Her face-off against the veteran soprano Karita Mattila — not an alto, as the role of Angelica’s aunt really requires, but properly imperious — is a blazing confrontation of dueling pains. At the Salzburg Festival, Riches, Retreads and Notes of Caution 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z As the lore goes, she was an alto in the Oratorio Society of New York, a choir of amateurs who loved to sing. Once Around the Park, Then Farewell 2010-09-02T21:08:00Z “I’m an alto with these stupid low notes, and some surprising high notes.” Donna Migliaccio hits her stride 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Since Watson’s extended stint in Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers that began over 40 years ago, he has been known as one of the more dexterous and affecting alto saxophonists in straight-ahead jazz. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z The Highgate School choir sang on illustrious recordings like the original Benjamin Britten “War Requiem,” from 1963, which features the young Mr. Rutter as an alto, though you wouldn’t notice him. The Composer Who Owns Christmas 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z Another spontaneous invention featured Daniel Carter on alto saxophone and piano; Joe Morris on bass; and Andrew Cyrille, a former employer of Mr. Ware’s, on drums. Memorial Service for David S. Ware, Jazz Saxophonist 2013-01-08T23:13:50Z The alto saxophonist and vocalist Braxton Cook has a rare mix of Cannonball Adderley-like saxophone chops and svelte, tightly arranged fusion tunes. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z His serviceable set of neatly sculpted originals only really took off near the end, when the young alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, his frequent collaborator, assumed the lead on Mr. Ross’s ballad “Touched by an Angel.” At the NYC Winter Jazzfest, Learning How Less Can Be More 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z It gets a lot of its witchy allure from Bud Shank’s alto flute solo, which he reportedly improvised in one take. 12 flautists flauting: A user's guide to the greatest moments in flute-rock history 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z “I never showed my face online, and I have a really deep voice,” said Trujillo — who croons in a dusky, yearning alto, calling to mind a young Chavela Vargas. How Conexión Divina went from meeting on the internet to the Latin Grammys in two years 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z For Lill, a senior who plays alto saxophone, there were two moments in her life that made her want to be a drum major, she said, the first being in fifth grade. Mercer Island High School band to play at Macy’s Day Parade 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Vocally, “it’s an easy chest range for a soprano or alto, but plenty of notes to hit,” Glass said. The ultimate Taylor Swift karaoke power rankings 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z I think I fell in love with the alto saxophonist; I’m a sucker for the sax. i///u, whose debut EP is dropping soon, is another band to watch. 10 superlatives from Capitol Hill Block Party’s 25th birthday 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z Sung in a low alto in isiZulu, one of the official languages of South Africa, audiences didn’t need to understand the song to be moved by it. Millions Danced Joyfully to Her Song. She Drew on Her Pain to Write It. 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z The audience falls quiet as Gordafarid’s commanding, raspy alto fills the room with melodic Persian. Iran’s storytelling tradition spans centuries. A woman in Tehrangeles has revolutionized it 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z “We have our structure down — we just need to get to the final push to get where we need to be,” said Valentin, who is a senior and plays the alto saxophone. Mercer Island High School band to play at Macy’s Day Parade 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z She remembers opening the windows when the weather got warm, letting the sounds of altos and sopranos and tenors travel down the street. D.C.’s Eastern High celebrates 100 years of memories and milestones 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z That also went for the strings, the Los Angeles Master Chorale’s women’s chorus, the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus and the amber-toned Gerhild Romberger, who sang the short alto solo about human suffering. Commentary: At 86, Zubin Mehta reflects on his career, Mahler and the 'Mehta Sound' 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Maybe because it feels so relatable or because it suits my alto vocal range, but I love “Head Over Feet.” Love is a battlefield: Your guide to having a Valentine’s karaoke party 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Vaughan has been a major inspiration, an influence you can hear in Joy’s cool, roomy alto and deep emotional reserve. Grammys’ best new artist comes to Seattle, and other jazz shows to catch 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Indeed, when her husky alto dipped low on ‘Million Years Ago’ during a delicious acoustic set, she recalled the deep, sad soul of Dietrich herself.” Our reviews of recent Seattle concerts featuring this year’s Grammy nominees 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z The music was in the vein of the rock-pop sound influenced by Sheryl Crow, her sultry alto over distorted guitars and raw dark lyrics that hinted at her past relationships. Lisa Marie carved her musical path as she bore Elvis’ legacy 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z All but two of the singers are, be they women or male countertenors, are sopranos or altos. Review: In a funky Baroque opera house, Pacific Opera Project puts an immersive spin on Vivaldi 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z But for my fellow altos, the melodic range of female alto songs and male tenor songs very closely overlaps; for example, Rihanna and Queen. We built a karaoke song generator. Here’s how you and Pandora helped 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z That will be challenging: Hector Artero, who plays in the group, said he had the school’s only working alto saxophone. L.A.’s Central Avenue was a Black jazz mecca. Jefferson High and Muse/ique aim to rekindle the flame 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z You can hear it in her voice, the same smooth alto that made the rapper a hip-hop legend. Hip-hop isn’t just what MC Lyte does. It’s who she is. 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z First cited in his own liner notes to his 1972 symphonic album “Skies of America,” the alto saxophonist and composer was also the book’s author. Revisiting the odd and compelling mid-'60s work of jazz great Ornette Coleman 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z In his teens, Mr. Harris became a devotee of bebop, the inventive jazz style of the 1940s that originated with alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and pianists Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk. Barry Harris, jazz pianist who kept the spirit of bebop alive, dies at 91 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Swallowing became painful and her strong alto voice dwindled to a raspy whisper. Hours after a massage, a professor was wildly dizzy and deaf in one ear 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z For Catherine Morrison, a 29-year-old alto with the West Village Chorale, a return to the choir was like a return to family. New York City Needs to Sing (While It Can) 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Ms. Levy was an accomplished textile artist and choral alto and transitioned harmoniously out of journalism into a life of art, music and volunteering. Claudia Levy, Washington Post journalist and advocate for women in the newsroom, dies at 77 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z The roles that he writes usually take you out of the traditional voice types: baritone, tenor, alto, soprano. Josh Groban remembers how Stephen Sondheim's music 'could take your breath away' 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Holmes sounds like a normal alto to me, though she has a habit of dropping her voice to punch words she wants to emphasize. In her Theranos fraud case, Elizabeth Holmes is speaking for herself 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z "But if you notice, they are all from melodic lines and they move in intervals that can be taken by sopranos, altos, tenors and basses, and this is not possible to do like that." The Snowman: BBC pulls Christmas radio special after composer's complaint 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z The alto sax and clarinet player had enthralled generations of fans, with a career spanning more than 70 years. Londonderry jazz musician Gay McIntyre has died aged 88 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z I’d just been accepted into the university choir as an alto and hitting the notes in a slightly lower range would be a breeze. Op-Ed: When a woman sings tenor, it's a superpower 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Ellis joined the horn section on alto saxophone before switching to the larger, deeper-toned tenor saxophone, his preferred instrument. Pee Wee Ellis, who helped put the funk in James Brown’s music, dies at 80 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z In addition to playing the alto sax, Mr. Thomas was a flutist and percussionist for Kool & the Gang, which was formed in Jersey City in 1964 as a jazz combo called the Jazziacs. Dennis Thomas, saxophonist who co-founded Kool & the Gang, dies at 70 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z “I wasn’t sure I would be able to sing. I have no soprano left, just a low alto,” she explains. Joni Mitchell opens up to Cameron Crowe about singing again, lost loves and 50 years of 'Blue' 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z She even took advantage of the marching band’s open-door policy and played the school fight song on alto sax at a football game. The graduate: What Katie Ledecky learned at Stanford and how it might make her faster 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z Like other community choirs, we have way more sopranos and altos than tenors and basses. Op-Ed: When a woman sings tenor, it's a superpower 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z “I do not come to show you what I lack,” she sings with a smooth, unruffled alto. Mexican corridos with a trap beat: The future of L.A. music might be Rancho Humilde Records 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z At the end of the story, when Bird appears in a dream and performs “Corcovado” on his alto sax, the narrator is transported. Review: A new collection of stories by Haruki Murakami 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z During his break, he entered the club and saw a band led by Adderley, an alto saxophonist then stationed at the base. Junior Mance, jazz pianist whose chords were built on the blues, dies at 92 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z Sissy’s liquid alto carried a melody they all knew, as comforting as the smell of bread baking. On a Summer Night in Selma, an Eerie Carnival Comes to Town 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z “And she was like, ‘Yeah, you’ve got to represent for all the altos and all the low female singers.’ Meet Seattle singer Payge Turner, who’s wowing the judges on ‘The Voice’ 2020-11-06T05:00:00Z Lucy’s cheerful soprano rides above Suzzy’s knowing alto, and they also swap the melody and sing in unison, making it all sound as natural as breathing. Review: A counterpoint to dissonance by mother-daughter duo 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Despite her ability to hit the high notes, Carey has always described herself as an alto. Mariah Carey: ‘They’re calling me a diva? I think I’m going to cry!’ 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z Osborne also draws from gospel, country and classic rock, her distinctive alto as sultry and sonorous as ever. Review: Guitars help Joan Osborne recreate sound of the ‘70s 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z As a teenager, Charlie Parker began taking his alto saxophone to those jam sessions, where he met and played with some of the great pioneers. Opinion | Middle America cannot be forgotten unless it first forgets itself 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z “I just hope this song is more successful,” Raskin said, smiling, as he introduced his latest work, performed in a soulful alto by London Mevaa, a student at Northwestern High School in Prince George’s County. Maryland’s state song celebrates the Confederacy. This alternative hails Harriet Tubman and Elijah Cummings. 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z The 25-year-old Californian’s alto shimmers with vulnerability, the appeal compounded when her voice is layered in harmony. Review: Phoebe Bridgers serves up digital Laurel Canyon folk 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Niehaus created new musical backgrounds for Parker’s classic solos and instructed the film’s star, Forest Whitaker, on how to play the alto saxophone. Lennie Niehaus, jazz musician and composer for Clint Eastwood’s films, dies at 90 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z I queued up the audio file and followed my alto line into the void. VIRUS DIARY: The singing stopped, and the emptiness arrived 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z But it was the former Blue Devils alto player Buster Smith, a natural teacher, who mentored Charlie Parker’s preternatural talent through those all-night jams. Opinion | Middle America cannot be forgotten unless it first forgets itself 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z As well as playing alto saxophone, Niehaus wrote and arranged for the group. Lennie Niehaus, longtime Clint Eastwood composer, dies aged 90 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z He switched to saxophone, first tenor and later alto, as he became increasingly drawn to jazz. Lee Konitz, groundbreaking jazz saxophonist for 7 decades, dies of coronavirus at 92 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Ashcraft, a high soprano, handled the highest parts, Stephens, a mezzo-soprano, tackled the medium sections, and Watts, a lower alto, took the lowest elements. ‘Siren Sisters forever’ Students triumph as musical trio 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z The quartet playing it was made up of Brubeck on the piano, Desmond on alto saxophone, Morello on drums and Wright on double bass. Take one: lost Dave Brubeck tapes reveal jazz hit originally sounded like ‘a bad student band’ 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z “The altos were our largest section of the choir and Gwen helped them rock the house.” Gwen Ifill remembered with postage stamp at Metropolitan AME church 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z In a seemingly strange turn, Handel wrote the part of Acis for a soprano voice and Galatea for a lower mezzo or alto. Review: Philharmonia Baroque delivers Handel and myth for our sexually fluid, #MeToo times 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z He had a distinctive tone on alto saxophone that was immediately identifiable: arid and attenuated, with almost no vibrato. Lee Konitz, groundbreaking jazz saxophonist for 7 decades, dies of coronavirus at 92 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z The business began when Ava wanted an alto saxophone, the second of the two instruments she plays. Milton girl’s cards cheer those hospitalized over holidays 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z By the early 1950s, Mr. Heath had switched from alto to the larger, deeper-toned tenor saxophone to forge a musical identity away from Parker’s inescapable shadow. Jimmy Heath, NEA Jazz Master and link to bebop era of 1940s, dies at 93 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z The alto saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin plays jazz that is sprinkled with the rich flavors of funk and soul—she’s a crafty traditionalist who remains in step with the rhythms of the young generation. The Funk, Soul, and Saxophone of Winter Jazzfest 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z The teenager’s androgynous alto allows her to be both braggadocious and coy, sometimes almost in the same line, and has already netted millions of streams for breakout hit Gangsta. Bradford bassline and ketamine-charged punk – 50 new artists for 2020 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Cron, an alto saxophonist, flautist and clarinetist, began playing music at age nine in Newton, Massachusetts, after listening to big band music on her family’s Atwater Kent radio. 'We loved each other': America’s first racially integrated all-girl swing band 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Linde’s “Looper” began with its composer on alto and Wolfe on tenor, playing in unaccompanied harmony. Review | A private party vibe for Team Players at Blues Alley 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z The first impression one gets of Fields’ sonorous alto might be a certain homespun earnestness, unaffected and direct. For everything from fiction to personal finance and history, listen to these audiobooks narrated by Anna Fields 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Spelman is an alto in the Parliament Choir, a cross-party choral society that rehearses every Monday night in the ornate, gilded chapel in the bowels of Westminster. In Brexit Britain, the Parliament Choir Is in Purgatory 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Tubman, for example, she figured to be a slightly deeper register, more of an alto. Cynthia Erivo on becoming Harriet Tubman 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z In “Fern,” eloquent, haunting alto flute and bass clarinet drones, punctuated by woody percussion and elongated by electronics, were gripping, the synagogue now a rain forest. Review: LACO's 'Session' for the young and hip is a risk, sure. But risk has its rewards 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z His voice is a rich alto rather than a vertiginous soprano, with a resonant warmth and an absence of shrillness. A Millennial Countertenor’s Pop-Star Appeal 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Ariana Gillis doesn’t linger on the lyrics when she starts to sing on “The Maze,” her staccato alto suggesting a young artist in a hurry to share her considerable skills. Review: ‘The Maze’ could be a breakthrough for Ariana Gillis 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z Jenkin is fond of saying that in the choir there are only four parties: sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses. In Brexit Britain, the Parliament Choir Is in Purgatory 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z These days he focuses on his favorite, alto sax. Saxophonist Maceo Parker has done it all 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Police allege that Sheaffer stole a $5,000 alto sax from a musician who was helping provide entertainment for a reception on April 13. Alleged saxophone thief hits sour note with police 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z “But it’s really rare to show him as an alto voice.” A Millennial Countertenor’s Pop-Star Appeal 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z It won’t surprise longtime fans that the topics are often sad and the tempos mostly slow, all the better to showcase Bergquist’s warm, wise, honest alto. Review: New album celebrates Over the Rhine’s milestone 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z It shows Parker standing out front, wearing a light suit, two-toned loafers, his arms thrust forward, blowing what appears to be his famous King brass alto saxophone. Is This the Greatest Photo in Jazz History? 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Because Parker was under contract to another label, he performed under the name “Charlie Chan” and played tenor saxophone instead of his customary alto. Ira Gitler, jazz historian and critic who chronicled the rise of bebop, dies at 90 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z He further colored various songs with blues harmonica licks or blowing jazz-R&B style solos on his alto saxophone. At 73, Van Morrison is no longer doing things 'for survival' 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Some, like alto Sarah Starrett, a solicitor at the Labor Department who is not affected by the shutdown, are careful to steer clear of politics at work. D.C. Labor chorus: ‘The musical arm of the resistance’ 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z Lee stops time in the film to admire her, matching the camera’s movements to her lithe alto and the warm, velvet delivery of her lyrics. How Tarell Alvin McCraney Moved From ‘Moonlight’ to Broadway — and Beyond 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Fortune was known for his mix of urgency and grace, and his stalwart command — not just of the alto saxophone, his primary instrument, but also of the flute, clarinet and soprano, tenor and baritone saxophones. This week’s passages 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z He bursts into song, his alto/countertenor still distinctive at 69 years old, and he is so powerful that it is offputting: “‘Just a smalltown girl’ is a hook. 'I believed love could cure cancer': how grief sent Steve Perry on a new Journey 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z A woman in a blue cardigan knew the words to Brahms’s “Lullaby,” and sang along in a strong alto voice. The Comforting Fictions of Dementia Care 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Instead, after a cousin died, the family inherited an alto saxophone that he shared with his older brother, Robert. Big Jay McNeely, R&B sax player whose rollicking style helped lay foundations of rock, dies at 91 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z As elementary school-age students, they sang in higher octaves — alto or soprano. Perspective | A love of music led one woman to a lifetime of teaching, and a lifeline for some boys at risk 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z There was a fair bit of my trusty alto bass saxophone strewn throughout. How Hereditary composer Colin Stetson made the movie "feel evil" 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z “Seleno brought people together with his music,” said David Lee Jones, 59, a veteran alto saxophonist who played with Mr. Clarke for 27 years and who now fills his old mentor’s shoes as bandleader. Hot Jazz in a Veterans Club Basement in Harlem 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Sometimes he confronted them himself with the word “alto,” Spanish for “stop.” On the lower Rio Grande, a glimpse at the border Trump wants 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z The Oregon songwriter’s breathy alto sometimes drops to a near whisper, and she’s so close to the microphone that P’s pop; T’s too. Review: Faustina Masigat shows she’s a singular voice 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z It's hard to tell on first listen, but the L.A.-based Gendel made every sound on his new album using his alto saxophone. California Sounds: New underground work from If I Die in Mississippi, Sam Gendel and Michael Seyer 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Throughout, whether Cook is playing affectionate phrases on his alto or straight-up serenading “the one for me,” he’s always aiming at the heart. D.C. concert of the week: Jazz singer-saxophonist Braxton Cook 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z Ma plays teasingly fleeting lines against himself, with an alto flute joining in. Esa-Pekka Salonen's Cello Concerto soars on Cloud Nine 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z This was still the same old Omarosa with the authoritative alto of a boss and the bravado of a bulldog, but none of the actual results to back up any of that big talk. Omarosa talks Trump on ‘Celebrity Big Brother’: ‘I was haunted by tweets every single day’ 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Biali’s appealing alto shines most of all, and while she’s no showboat, there’s a wow factor when she climbs the scale. Review: ‘Laila Biali’ masterfully mixes jazz and pop 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Every day, she drives underneath an electric post that fell across the road to her apartment in Trujillo alto, hoping it won’t finish falling on her car and kill her and her young son. Anger, dejection grows as only half of Puerto Rico has power 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Arianne Lowell, 86, a former alto soloist at Chevy Chase United Methodist Church in Maryland and other churches in the Washington area, died Oct. Washington-area obituaries of note 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z They both work on the weekend, in their church, for extra cash: He is the music director and she leads the choir’s altos to make sure they are on key. A Middle-Class Tax Cut? It Depends Who and Where You Are 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z |
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