The saxophone was just as contentious in Sax’s time as it is now ... there is an argument to be made that the alto is the better option with which to start. Alto saxophones are relatively ...

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He was a leading voice of the more elemental style that came to be called “hard bop,” an evolution out of the bebop revolution wrought by his inspiration on the alto sax, Charlie Parker.