his lower baritone part was very important to the sound (an alto sax is relatively high pitched, a tenor sax lower, and the baritone very low). Here is Carney playing his show piece, the solo in ...

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 ...

When jazz fans talk about the Texas Tenor saxophone sound, they're talking about a sound which is very robust ... but sassy and feisty at the end. Fort Worth, Texas, gave us King Curtis, the ...

Bandleader Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet was widely recognized as the king of the tenor saxophone ... He began playing drums in high school before taking to the saxophone. While still in his ...

Teddy Edwards, the bebop-era tenor saxophonist considered one of the crown jewels of Los Angeles’ Central Avenue jazz scene of the 1940s, died Sunday in Los Angeles after a long bout with ...