alto
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He also admired alto saxophonist and R&B pioneer Louis Jordan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
Yvonne Lanauze’s vocal is modest, but the track blossoms in the instrumental solos—Hodges’s alto sax singing with quiet poise, and Tyree Glenn’s trombone talking with emotion and eloquence, raising the whole performance to another level.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
This allusive track boasts the album’s most sweeping chorus, anchored by Swift’s mesmeric alto and a masterfully orchestrated rhythm that uses moments of quiet to its advantage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
The soloists, alto Samoht and tenor Zebulon Ellis, rock the room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2025
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.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
She remembers opening the windows when the weather got warm, letting the sounds of altos and sopranos and tenors travel down the street.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 4, 2023
All but two of the singers are, be they women or male countertenors, are sopranos or altos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2023
"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."
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2021
“And she was like, ‘Yeah, you’ve got to represent for all the altos and all the low female singers.’
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2020
After a shaky start, the altos started harmonizing mellow and deep.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
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Music - Introductory
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