Word: altos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seven people wanted to get a ska band together," he begins. "They had this other kid...playing alto and it didn't really work out.... They got along, but musically it wasn't right, so I gave them my name and number...
With his knowledge of alto and baritone sax, and a flute thrown in good measure, Natchez was a good match...
Born and raised in Palo Alto, California, it was assumed that he would go to Stanford University. He says that it's a long story about why he didn't go there, but that he basically just wanted to get away from home. So, he headed off to Princeton University, because he wanted to play Division I basketball. It was there that he acquired a negative attitude about Ivy League Schools...
...Bruce McKinnon were exceptionally flexible in responding to the dynamic and tempo changes in the poetry and Batiste shadowed his wife elegantly on clarinet. At one point, Michael Schwartz rose from the sax section and played keening half-bent notes, breathy whispers and other soulful sounds on his alto. This solo moment lent a new degree of subtlely-pitched emotion to the reading...
...Ellington orchestra. All things considered, the band did an admirable job in performing this suite for the public. Such challenging parts as the piano once played by Duke, the lead trumpet once played by Cat Anderson, the baritone saxophone once played by Harry Carney and the lead alto saxophone of Johnny Hodges were handled well by McKinnon, AlMoffett, Rachel Flkins and Justin Wood, respectively...