All of the instruments on 'Ghost In The Machine' were played by members of the band (including the overdubbed saxes, handled by Sting, a veteran on the horn for all of six months). ❋ Unknown (1981)
The sound of the two saxes in the frontline is a beautiful thing, partly on a pair of amazingly lovely ballads, "Ask Me Now" and "Be Careful, It's My Heart." ❋ Will Friedwald (2011)
With his 21-piece orchestra, Mr. Payton is painting not just with his fingers but with a vast array of sonic tools, including five trumpets (in addition to himself as primary soloist), four trombones and five saxes (nearly all doubling various reeds), plus bass and drums, Latin percussion, guitar, and, unexpectedly, keyboardist Lawrence Fields playing mostly Fender Rhodes organ. ❋ Will Friedwald (2011)
Mr. Klein also sidesteps the traditional set up of brass, saxes and rhythm section call-and-response, and reconsiders the typical inter-relationship of individual soloist and full ensemble. ❋ Will Friedwald (2011)
Coltrane's group was far less symmetrical: five saxes, two trumpets, two basses but only one drummer and pianist. ❋ Will Friedwald (2011)
While some of the old parts remain (Bart still writes on the chalk board, Lisa still saxes her way out of music class, and Homer still throws radioactive material down his shirt) most of it has changed to catch up on 20-seasons worth of character additions. ❋ Unknown (2009)
I got to be that guy as an adult, wearing a tux, snapping my fingers, with the real thing: saxes, trombones, trumpets, rhythm section, the whole works. ❋ Eliezer Sobel (2010)
The trumpets and the saxes punched the final notes. ❋ Andrew Clarke (2011)
In the sunshine on Sunday, jazz stereotypes of shadowy monochrome characters blowing saxes in cellars were dispelled by kids turning cartwheels on the grass, while Hendrix-like guitar chords in the distance ripped through ragged horn sections, tampering cheerfully with Strauss's Thus Spake Zarathustra, and the silver-haired, the rainbow-haired and the no-haired picked their way through marquees, sunbathers and bands. ❋ Unknown (2011)
In concert venues, he has orchestrated these tunes all the way up to symphonic proportions, but the current ensemble at Birdland features six horns including Mr. Murray trombone, two trumpets, two additional saxes and four rhythm pieces. ❋ Will Friedwald (2012)
The saxes rolled in, rescuing the melody from the horns. ❋ Andrew Clarke (2011)
But where that version seemed to use Herbie Mann as its foundation, the treatment on Tuesday was directly inspired by The Genius and his saxes. ❋ Will Friedwald (2011)
And then we get "Red," by Robert Fripp, which sounds like orchestrated heavy metal, with a heavy rock beat driving the four brass and three saxes. ❋ Will Friedwald (2011)
Even as reed players double on different saxes like Mr. Warfield switching from tenor to soprano on "Johnny Come Lately", Mr. Stafford takes advantage of all the sonic options open to trumpeters: from open bell to cup mute to plunger mute on "Little Brown Book," and then to flugelhorn on "Daydream." ❋ Will Friedwald (2011)
The trumpets and the saxes punched the final notes, miraculously in time with the drums. ❋ Andrew Clarke (2011)
The room is dense with young musicians carrying instrument cases, or wearing their saxes around their neck, waiting to be called. ❋ Will Friedwald (2011)
The music that Mr. Tchicai's sextet actually played had nothing to do with either Coltrane or "Ascension," but was a very well-turned sequence of tightly arranged chamber works for two saxes, violin, guitar, bass and drums in which the inner content was free jazz. ❋ Will Friedwald (2011)
Mr. Gordon and the two saxes ended with Illinois Jacquet's classic riff, "Robin's Nest" and "Rhythm Cone" (a variation on "I Got You-know-What"), both in the high-swing style. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Surrounded by dancers, musicians are beating out hip-shaking salsas, merengues and socas on the wooden slats of their xylophone-like marimbas, backed by blaring trumpets and saxes. ❋ Unknown (2010)
