You saxy thing...Saxophones have always been seen as one of the 'in' instruments - maybe it's the shape and playing position, maybe it's the sound, from sleazy to funky, boppy to rootin' tootin' - but whatever...
Trumpet - Usually a soprano brass instrument with a larger proportion of cylindrical bore to conical bore. Modern trumpets have valves; natural trumpets do not. Most trumpets are built in Bb, but some...
Personnel: Sonny Rollins (soprano & tenor saxophones); Walter Davis, Jr. (piano, electric piano); Mtume (piano, percussion); Masou (guitar); Bob Cranshaw (bass); David Lee (drums).Recorded at CI Recording, New York, New York in April, June and July...
Personnel: Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone); Kenny Drew (piano); Leroy Vinnegar (bass); Larry Marable (drums). Recorded in Hollywood, California in September 1955. Includes liner notes by Joseph P. Muranyi and Joseph F. Laredo.Digitally remastered by...