tenor and baritone. These terms refer to different sub-categories of the frequency spectrum, from high to low – that is, baritone saxophones are capable of playing lower notes, while soprano ...

In addition to knowing how to please the crowd with fiery excitement, Jacquet’s broad spectrum of musicianship allowed ... spawned an entirely new style and sound for the tenor saxophone. His classic ...

When jazz fans talk about the Texas Tenor saxophone sound, they're talking about a sound which is very robust, sometimes raw, and which mixes the musical vocabularies of swing, bebop, blues and R&B.