Sarah Hanahan is a young alto saxophonist who has always been sure of her connection to the instrument. "I remember playing it for the first time," she says. "I never squeaked and squawked on it. I ...

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Alto Reed, the saxophonist whose signature hooks and swashbuckling stage moves made him a star of Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band, died Wednesday morning of colon cancer. He was 72. Reed, born Thomas ...

Alto Reed was the perennial sideman, Bob Seger’s ever-ready sidekick and the most visible mainstay within the Silver Bullet Band, the outfit that accompanied the Detroit rocker throughout most of a 50 ...

"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 ...

Bob Seger has paid tribute to his long-time saxophonist Alto Reed following the death of his Silver Bullet Band bandmate, who died Wednesday at the age of 72 after a battle with stage four colon ...

An alto saxophone owned and played by jazz legend John Coltrane during his 1966 tour of Japan is for sale on eBay. According to Gold, Coltrane–who is best-known for playing tenor and soprano ...