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An Italian startup has come up with a new portable device that can be plugged into the USB-C port of your smartphone to transform it into a musical device like a flute. The smart device called Zefiro ...

A player of impeccable technique and a mainstay of the Blue Note label, he recorded constantly as both a leader and a sideman beginning in 1952. By Barry Singer Lou Donaldson, an alto saxophonist who ...

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Review: Morgan ‘Excalibur’ Tenor & Alto Saxophone Mouthpieces Wednesday, March 3, 2021 Like their well-respected predecessors, both of these mouthpieces have the qualities to shine in almost any ...

"It is with a heavy heart that we inform you of the passing of our lifelong friend and bandmate," Bob Seger announced Wednesday Alto Reed, an original member of Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band, died ...

Alto Reed, who played saxophone for multiplatinum Bob Seger‘s Silver Bullet Band for nearly half a century, died Wednesday of colon cancer. He was 72. Seger posted a note about his “lifelong friend ...

Alto Reed, saxophonist for Bob Seger’s Silver Bullet Band, has died after a battle with colon cancer. He was 72. Reed, born Thomas Neal Cartmell in Detroit in 1948, began playing with Seger in 1972 on ...