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Alto saxophone owned and played by Charlie Parker

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Smithsonian Magazine

The Long Journey of Charlie Parker’s Saxophone

American jazz musicians Charlie Parker, on alto sax, and Thelonious Monk, on piano, perform at the Open Door Cafe, in New York City on September 14, 1953. getty Images, Bob Parent / Contributor In ...
The New York Times

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Alto Saxophone

Almost no other instrument seems so synonymous with jazz as the sax. Listen to some classic alto playing from Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt and more greats. Credit...Illustration by ...
Buffalo Rising

Hailstork Saxophone Concerto Highlights BPO’s Powerful Program of Music from the Americas

THE BASICS: JoAnn Falletta conducts the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in music by Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Alberto Ginastera, and with GRAMMY-winning alto saxophonist Timothy McAllister (who ...
WBUR

From back door gigs to Duke Ellington's Orchestra, Boston's Harry Carney made the saxophone sing

He is revered by many, if not most, baritone saxophone players as the “godfather” of the instrument. He could blow and hold notes on his saxophone like few other players then or since. He was a ...