alto

“It can sound very similar to the human voice, especially the alto voice,” Dorado said.

Sounds of Beyoncé and Earth, Wind & Fire reach your eardrums and awaken the alto in all of us to join the choir of thousands around you.

There’s always an underlying confidence in her firm alto voice, and she has a gift for big, blunt, instantly legible pop hooks, the kind that sum up a situation in a terse chorus.

Whether collaborating with Mr. Glasper or the critically acclaimed vibraphonist Stefon Harris in the band Blackout, Mr. Benjamin showed off his distinctive voice on his primary instrument, alto saxophone.

Ismerai, an alto saxophonist from Boyle Heights, has used a borrowed school district instrument since she was in fifth grade.