Name a White Alto Player

[porcy62]

So it was not about plastic players?

No, it's about the famous CBS serial TV about a family of musicians, "The White" , like "The Bradford", some sort of less talented Jones: Elvin, Thad, ecc..

[Chuck Nessa]

Andy Fusco

Anyone else think this looks like GWB "lost in the changes"?

On second thought, it looks like Ben Stiller.

Edited October 18, 2007 by Chuck Nessa

[marcello]

The only GWB I know id the George Washington Bridge!

Actually, Fusco tears the changes up, if that's your thing.

Edited October 16, 2007 by marcello

[jtaylor]

Charlie Kennedy

Oops. Guess I should have noticed that he was already mentioned.

Edited October 18, 2007 by jtaylor

[AllenLowe]

here's my plastic saxophone -

Edited October 18, 2007 by AllenLowe

[six string]

He's more known for his tenor playing I suppose, but I've seen Ernie Watts play alto many times. He usually has both on stage with him and he's a hell of a player.

[John Tapscott]

The Canadian P.J. Perry is a superb bebop alto player. I like Chuck Wilson, who plays with more of a swing bent. I am also a big fan of Andy Fusco's playing. Ditto Gary Pribeck. I am a Phil Woods fan, but my favorite alto player right now is Bud Shank. At 80 years old he's playing the best music of his career IMO.

[Niko]

He's more known for his tenor playing I suppose, but I've seen Ernie Watts play alto many times. He usually has both on stage with him and he's a hell of a player.

a major step in the ongoing search for the white Strozier... is Watts really "white"?

[Guest Bill Barton]

Mark Taylor

[relyles]

Bert Wilson

[Guest Bill Barton]

Bert Wilson

Yes! Even though most folks think of him as primarily a tenor player he's also a force on the alto.

[Guest Bill Barton]

here's my plastic saxophone -

But it's not white...

[4%XB]

Gijs Hendriks

[six string]

He's more known for his tenor playing I suppose, but I've seen Ernie Watts play alto many times. He usually has both on stage with him and he's a hell of a player.

a major step in the ongoing search for the white Strozier... is Watts really "white"?

I don't really know the answer to that question and I shared a cab with him one night!

[clifford_thornton]

Bert Wilson

Yes! Even though most folks think of him as primarily a tenor player he's also a force on the alto.

Great shot of Wheels - that cat can really blow!

[Guest Bill Barton]

Great shot of Wheels - that cat can really blow!

Here's another excellent photo I found at his MySpace page.

[Peter Friedman]

Russian born Dmitry Baevsky was born in 1975 and moved to New York when he was 19 years old. He has one very nice CD out under his own name. Dmitry also plays on the brand new CD by Joe Cohn.

This guy can play.

[makpjazz57]

I'm glad Tom M mention Andy Fusco. I had the good fortune to hear him many times with Buddy Rich's band. I think if you go to the Kean University website, I believe there is still a concert in MP3 format from several years ago - Andy, Joe Farnsworth, Tardo Hammer, Scott Wenholdt, Doug Weiss. Here's the web address:

http://www.kean.edu/~kuradio/music.html

I don't think he was mentioned, but one of my all-time favorites was/is Jimmy Mosher from Chelsea, MA. He played lead alto with Buddy Rich's band and also played in Woody's band, as well as teaching at Berklee. Sadly, he passed away. There's an out of print LP with Jimmy as leader titled "A Chick from Chelsea," featuring Tom Ranier, Joel DiBartolo and Peter Donald:

Jimmy is also featured on pianist Bert Seager's CD, "Time to Burn." I think this is still available for purchase.

Marla

[AllenLowe]

there's Boots Mussuli -

of course, all of these guys may just be passing -

[Guest Bill Barton]

[clifford_thornton]

Nice!

In the dubious spirit of the original thread, I'll add Theo Loevendie to the mix also.

[Guest Bill Barton]

equal time for black alto:

[Guest Bill Barton]

Charles Pillow

[mrjazzman]

Bob Mover, Phil Woods, Frank Strozier, Art Pepper. Lou Donaldson? He's not white!

I must need stronger glasses because until I read this thread, I thought Frank Strozier was black

[mrjazzman]

Frank Strozier is not white. If you don't believe it ask him. My family is from Memphis and knew Frank's family. You might even ask Harold Mabern if you happen to catch him performing. Harold is always willing to talk about the Memphis scene when he and Frank and Booker Little, Phineas Newborn, George Coleman, Charles Lloyd, etc. were growing up.

As for James Spaulding. That's a joke, right?

Thanks cali, now I know I'm not going crazy. Looks can be deceiving. At first glance he like many others appears to be white, but unless you're stevie wonder a second and third look will tell you that this man is a black man with a lot of white blood in his ancestry like myself and many others. Before she died at age 97 my paternal grandmother told me, after I had asked her, that she remembered when she was a little girl, her great grandmother was a "big old white lady"