And the most influential jazz artist of the past forty years has been the visionary tenor (and soprano) saxophonist John Coltrane. For better or worse, the formula for the standard jazz quintet is ...

A well-known saxophone player, his list of credits reads like a “Who’s Who” in the world of jazz and big band swing. His tenor tone graced the bandstands of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey ...

“I wanted to sound like four tenor saxophonists,” he told the British ... the Korean American artist who would become known for his video work, but who at that point was building musically ...

“With certain musicians, the player is completely inseparable from the instrument,” he said; someone like Sonny Rollins “doesn’t really make sense apart from on the tenor saxophone.

Alexander has been a frequent performer and guest artist at Chris', where has performed with Pat ... Band members are Eric Alexander (tenor saxophone), David Hazeltine (piano) and Chuck Deardorf (bass ...

tenor saxophone; and Dillon Warner, baritone saxophone. All four artists are students in instrumental music education at Central Michigan University under the tutelage of Professor John Nichols.