Definitions

1. Soprano saxophone is in the key of Bb but there is also a c soprano sax.
2. The soprano saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument.
3. The soprano saxophone was invented in 1840 and is a variety of the Saxophone, a Woodwind instrument.
4. The soprano saxophone is the only straight saxophone in the family.
5. The C soprano saxophone was the only instrument to sound at concert pitch.

Harvey Pittel Alto

1. Harvey Pittel alto and soprano saxophone with Anton Nel piano.

London

1. In London he bought a straight-model soprano saxophone and began to adapt it into his repertoire.

First

1. On its first two records, Return to Forever featured Flora Purim 's vocals, the Fender Rhodes electric piano, and Joe Farrell 's flute and soprano saxophone.
2. The first would be the soprano saxophone which is in the key of B flat.

Best

1. However he is best remembered as the master of the soprano saxophone.

Distinctive

1. Jane Bunnett is a superb, distinctive, powerful player of the soprano saxophone & flute.

Right

1. A tenor and soprano saxophone (on the right) made from phosphor bronze, showing their comparative sizes.

Bottom

1. Top to bottom: a curved E-flat sopranino saxophone, a straight E-flat sopranino saxophone, a C soprano saxophone, and a B-flat soprano saxophone.

Recording

1. Later that year, his recording My Favorite Things, featuring his first use of the soprano saxophone, was a major jazz hit.
2. Rollins has continued to experiment, recording on soprano saxophone in 1972 and on lyricon in 1979.

Sound

1. This is recorded over, and drowns out, the sound of Sidney Bechet playing the soprano saxophone.

Shorter

1. At the urging of Davis before he left his band, Shorter began using the soprano saxophone and played it exclusively in Weather Report's debut recording.

Tone

1. Soprano saxophone mouthpieces are available in various different designs, allowing players to tailor their tone as required.

Trumpet

1. He was a member of a Marin County band called Beefy Red from 1970-72, performing both on trumpet and soprano saxophone.

Soloist

1. Nelson continued to perform as a soloist during this period, though increasingly on soprano saxophone.

Developments

1. Among the most recent developments is the aulochrome, a double soprano saxophone invented by Belgian instrument maker François Louis in 2001.

Time

1. The original Hodges style was to play very fast, in double time, and very frequently on the soprano saxophone.
2. This time he was successful and succeeded in making the soprano saxophone an important voice in jazz.
3. It is at this time that Bechet discovers the soprano saxophone.

Playing Guitar

1. Elie will be playing Guitar, Cajon and Soprano Saxophone and creating loops in real time through the Boomerang looping machine.

Atlantic Records

1. In the early 1960s, during his engagement with Atlantic Records, he increasingly played soprano saxophone as well.

Music

1. However, he is currently performing on soprano saxophone, composing and arranging, and also is active teaching, producing, and writing (music and prose).
2. It was used by Richard Strauss in his Sinfonia Domestica, where included in the music are parts for four saxophones including a soprano saxophone in C.
3. The times he spent away from music helped refresh his creativity, and he tried such new things as the soprano saxophone and the lyricon.

Bass

1. Not pictured are Jimmy Garrison on bass and Joe Farrell on soprano saxophone.

Wayne Shorter

1. The solo voices heard most prominently on this album are the trumpet and the soprano saxophone, respectively of Miles and Wayne Shorter.

Alto Saxophone

1. Tony Kofi is a British Jazz multi-instrumentalist, a player of the alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone and flute.

Doubling

1. By this point, Shorter was also doubling on soprano saxophone.
2. By this point, Wayne Shorter was also doubling on soprano saxophone.

February 1960

1. While with Davis he discovered the soprano saxophone, purchasing his own instrument in February 1960.

Bob Wilber

1. Personnel: Bob Wilber (clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone).

Drums

1. Jarrett also plays harpsichord, clavichord, organ, soprano saxophone, drums, and many other instruments.

Solo Instrument

1. The soprano saxophone, though much lighter, is considered a solo instrument and is more expensive that either the also or tenor sax.

Bass Clarinet

1. Yaremchuk plays tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, writes composition for theatre, participates in modern art performances.
2. The collective trio consists of Louis Sclavis on bass clarinet and soprano saxophone, Craig Taborn on piano and Tom Rainey on drums.

Soprano

1. At 16 he started to play the soprano saxophone and there followed a period where he concentrated on soprano only, influenced by John Coltrane.

Octave

1. A transposing instrument pitched in the key of Bb, the soprano saxophone plays an octave above the commonly used tenor saxophone.

Pitched

1. Modern tenor saxophones which have a high F# key have a range from A ♭ 2 to E5 and are therefore pitched one octave below the soprano saxophone.
2. It is pitched in B-flat, one octave above the soprano saxophone, and its upper register extends to a fifth above the sopranino saxophone.
3. The soprano saxophone is pitched in the key of B flat.

Tenor

1. First I took trombone, then the soprano saxophone, then I worked on the baritone horn, and then finally the tenor.
2. However, he is regarded as one of the all time greats on both the tenor and soprano saxophone as well as a composer.
3. During this period, he increasingly played soprano saxophone as well as tenor.

Hodges

1. Initially Hodges was a self-taught musician, playing drums and piano before taking up the soprano saxophone at age 14.

Alto

1. Later, single reed mouthpieces were developed which resemble alto or soprano saxophone mouthpieces.

Oboe

1. Due to its similarity in tone to the instrument, the soprano saxophone is sometimes used as a substitute for the oboe.

Flute

1. He plays the alto and tenor saxophone as well as the flute, but his main instrument of choice is the soprano saxophone.
2. Kenny's main instrument is the soprano saxophone, but he also plays the alto and tenor saxophone and the flute on occasion.
3. Coltrane played tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone and flute.

Playing

1. Around the end of his tenure with Davis, Coltrane began playing soprano saxophone, an unconventional move considering the instrument's then-obsolescence.
2. Hodges also was featured on soprano saxophone, but refused to play soprano after 1946, when he also got the task of playing the lead chair.

Sidney Bechet

1. Sidney Bechet was a proponent of Dixieland Jazz who played the clarinet and was the first person to play Jazz on a Soprano Saxophone.
2. Sidney Bechet was the undisputed the king of the soprano saxophone and also one of the most innovative and original clarinetists in jazz.
3. In 1919, while in London to perform with composer Will Marion Cook's Southern Syncopated Orchestra, Sidney Bechet bought a soprano saxophone.

Clarinet

1. One of the first real jazz improvisers and an accomplished musician before he was 10, Bechet moved from clarinet to laying mainly soprano saxophone.
2. He also plays soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet.
3. If the arrangement requires it, the players double on other wind instruments, such as flute, clarinet, and soprano saxophone.

Bechet

1. Bechet has left a profound mark on the way the clarinet and the soprano saxophone are played today in jazz.
2. Clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, piano, bass and drums, all played by Bechet.
3. Despite his prowess on clarinet, Bechet became best remembered as the first great master of the soprano saxophone.

Soprano Saxophone

1. Today, Bob Wilber is a a highly respected composer and player of the soprano saxophone and clarinet in the style of Bechet.
2. An accomplished musician before he was 10, Bechet moved from clarinet to playing mainly soprano saxophone.
3. George James was just as likely to play under the orchestra on bass saxophone as he was to soar out over the top on soprano saxophone, clarinet, or flute.

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