I. adjective
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sax
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Bartz's father ran a local jazz club, and Gary got an alto sax at eleven years of age.
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He played alto sax until he was sixteen, then switched to tenor.
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Barbieri heads what is basically a small group here, but he adds trumpet, trombone and alto sax on occasion.
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Baritone saxophone, alto clarinet. b. Lovejoy, Illinois, 16 Sep 1940.
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Bartz's father ran a local jazz club, and Gary got an alto sax at eleven years of age.
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He played alto sax until he was sixteen, then switched to tenor.
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Here the quartet is joined by another frontman, alto saxophonist Lee Konitz.
II. noun
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Her choirmaster said her voice, now a low alto , was just too low.
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Her rich alto , at 49, is as strong as ever.