The tenor is perhaps the jazziest of the bunch, but the alto is the real classic. It is also the sax most people find easiest to learn on, and teaches skills you can transfer to almost any of the ...

Alto Reed, who played saxophone for multiplatinum ... Reed was known for his showmanship onstage and his signature sax riff on “Turn the Page.” He first started playing with Seger in the ...

"I first starting playing with Alto in 1971. He was amazing – he could play just about anything…he was funky, could scat and play tenor sax and alto sax at the same time." Born Thomas Neal ...

The tragic news came down on December 30th that Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band sax player Alto Reed died at the age of 72 after a battle with stage 4 colon cancer. “Alto has been a part of ...

An alto saxophone owned and played by jazz legend ... New York.” The auction for the sax ends on Apr. 4, 2013. You can ‘buy it now’ for $115,000 USD. (Plus, $500 for shipping.) ...

Sarah Hanahan is a young alto saxophonist who has always been sure of her connection to the instrument. “I remember playing it for the first time,” she says. “I never squeaked and squawked ...