Although Ms. Krall's low, not especially rangy voice, is inherently dramatic in the manner of most altos, she shies away from showy dramatic display.
American jazz musician, a leading figure in cool jazz and one of the most distinctive alto saxophonists.
With a style developed around Bechet's expressive techniques, Hodges became one of the two or three most influential alto saxophonists in the first half of the century.
This tribute, held on his birthday, involves some of the musicians he worked with most: the alto and soprano saxophonist Steve Wilson, the vibraphonist Steve Nelson, the trumpeter Duane Eubanks, the bassist Richie Goods and the drummer Rodney Green.
It celebrates Parker's birthday, on Thursday, and it made some sense that Kenny Garrett, one of the most admired alto saxophonists in jazz after Parker, closed out Saturday's performances.
It was a time of upheaval in jazz, when Charlie Parker, the most innovative alto saxophonist the music had known, was at the height of his powers and his influence.
One of the most influential alto saxophonists in the early development of modern jazz, Konitz incorporated many of the harmonic ideas of Charlie Parker into his playing.
There, in groups and on his own, he began to find his sound and style and temperament as an improviser, most often on alto saxophone.
For more than a decade — first at the elegant L'Impero and later at the more precious Alto, most recently at the lusty Scarpetta, which begat an outpost in Miami and soon another in Las Vegas — Mr. Conant has shown himself to be one of the city's most inventive practitioners of Italian-American top-dollar cooking.
I did have a few issues with Alto, most notably that it seemed to lag behind by up to a few minutes in letting me know I had new e-mails, which really slowed down a conversation I was carrying on with my dad.
