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It was at a performance at another favorite venue close to home – The Tavern in Belmont – that Palo Alto librarian Cynthia ... Nathan Tokunaga is a reeds player and bandleader with a love ...

In 2014 he has been named in both the critics and Readers Polls of Downbeat Magazine recognizing his work on tenor and alto saxophones and clarinet ... the support of excellent musicians such as reed ...

He was the best tenor player of his day but was almost always ... where he studied at the Granoff School of Music. He played the alto sax all through his stint in the Navy, in 1945 and 1946.

The elements of trumpeter Adam O’Farrill’s “For These Streets” (Out of Your Head, out now)—shifting sonic textures from an octet that includes horns, reeds, guitar and vibraphone ...

Traditional reeds are known for their excellent response in all registers, allowing a pianissimo attack in even highest notes. Extremely flexible, allowing the legato or staccato execution of ...

Wes Lewis found his passion in his saxophone. He ventured into a neuroscience lab and discovered a second passion -- thanks to a saxophonist's ...

When saxophonist Harry Allen, one of the finest mainstream jazz players around and a multiple award winner on a global scale, ...

New York-based saxophonist Troy Roberts will give a concert at UCA that is free to the public with the donation of a nonperishable food item to the university's food pantry. Credit: Troy Roberts ...

Aggies players voted team leaders, with two offensive linemen and the team's top tackler to support the effort. Offensive linemen Ar'maj Reed-Adams and Trey Zuhn II, along with linebacker Taurean ...