Sarah Hanahan is a young alto saxophonist who has always been sure ... but it was the legendary drummer’s saxophone section that Hanahan noticed above all else, inspiring her to pick up the ...

The band practices every Tuesday night at Catawba ... He made connections with Joe Glider, the lead alto saxophone player for a hotel band in the Catskills, and Bob was soon taking hourlong ...

Adviser nomination: “Lillian is a senior band officer, alto saxophone section leader in Wind Symphony, alto saxophonist in Jazz Ensemble I,” adviser Christopher Fogderud said. “She also ...

So that was like running into an old familiar friend. But what about this professional premiere of the new (2024)Concerto for Alto Saxophone? It’s music by Rochester-born Adolphus Hailstork ...

David Sanborn, whose keening cry on alto saxophone was as bright and steadfast as a lighthouse beacon during a career that spanned nearly 60 years and included collaborations with everyone from ...

Gillam divided the concert into two parts, focusing on classical repertoire for the first half, and playing her soprano saxophone. After intermission, she alternated soprano and alto sax ...

By Barry Singer Lou Donaldson, an alto saxophonist who became part of ... gave him this horn — he didn’t have a horn. Man, such saxophone I never heard in my life. I said, ‘I’m giving ...