alto

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Immanuel Wilkins’s alto saxophone and Joel Ross’s vibraphone initially function as dual narrators.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

“Chulahoma” is riveting for Mr. Sewell’s lines, which are alternately gritty and soaring, and for Mr. Lloyd’s playing, which hints at the blues-based melodicism of yet another dear, departed friend, the alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

This allusive track boasts the album’s most sweeping chorus, anchored by Swift’s mesmeric alto and a masterfully orchestrated rhythm that uses moments of quiet to its advantage.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

The soloists, alto Samoht and tenor Zebulon Ellis, rock the room.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2025

Viola would sing alto with me in the kitchen to “Hard Times Come Again No More,” but she refused to listen to Mr. Scott Joplin.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly