Most alto and bass clarinets have an extra key to allow a (written) E3.
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.
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.
The High Plains (Llanos Altos) are most conspicuous near the Andes, where they form extensive platforms between rivers and are some 100 to 200 feet above the valley floors.
Among the most active are Samsung, Altos Ventures, SoftBank Ventures Korea, Formation 8 (now Formation Group and 8VC), 500 Startups and Anchor Equity Partners.
For the most part, the Palo Alto-based company was flying under the radar until now.
