Ornette Coleman

Live shot

"...still possesses that instantly recognizable plaintive wail on his alto, a cry steeped in the blues that cuts through..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Holy Ghost

Austin's Revenant Records follows up its Grammy-winning Charley Patton box set with free jazzman Albert Ayler's 9-CD 'Holy Ghost'

"...Ayler began playing alto sax while still a child, taught by his saxophonist..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Girlie Action

Girlie action

"...Amid castanets, accordion, percussion, horns, and strings, her sultry alto voice tickles the ear and warms the blood. Lamar,..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Tucker Livingston / Jane Bond

Texas platters

"...these rails 'til I can't be found." Bond's throaty alto may have a limited range, but it suits her..."

June 18, 2004 Music Review by Christopher Gray

A Summer Place

Your Style Avatar does the unthinkable and exposes himself to sunlight, presenting the latest in summer fashion

"...Summer Adornment: Fuchsia leather cuff from Brave Alto ($44) at FactoryPeople..."

May 21, 2004 Arts Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Electrelane

"...Under Sea" is a fittingly sleepy intro, with Susman's deep-alto delivery of the French lyrics channeling Nico's insouciance over..."

March 19, 2004 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

SXSW Film Reviews

"...grand effect old-school methods, including Aron Stienke's dreamy "Palo Alto, 1879" and Matthew Dills' "Lost in Found," which uses..."

March 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Always … Patsy Cline

The Zachary Scott Theatre Center production of 'Always … Patsy Cline' radiates a warmth that draws the audience in close, to share a cozy moment with a star

"...captures the plummy fullness of the original, that lush alto that can drip with seduction or throb with heartbreak...."

Feb. 13, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Yodel-Ay-Ee-Oooo: The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World

Sheet music

"..."In later years, I heard Charlie Parker yodel on alto saxophone and [Cannonball] Adderley yodel the same melody on..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

The Death of Ben Brownlee

A Rockdale teenager's suicide raises questions about official protections for gay and transgendered kids

"...litigation, the Morgan Hill Unified School District, outside Palo Alto, Calif., finally settled a suit brought by six students..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Gnappy, Clarksville Jazz Session

Live shots

"...structure. With Martin Banks on trumpet, John Tull on alto sax, Glen Rexach on guitar, and Jeremy Bruch on..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

Ether Ore

Ether Ore

"...Ear). Marc Ducret's electric guitar ripples alongside Berne's elliptical alto-sax frenzy as Craig Taborn's laptop and Fender Rhodes alchemy..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Bach: B Minor Mass

The Conspirare choir can do anything, from communicating a work's sonorous beauty to delivering well-placed, carefully planned emotional punches, and they did both in their recent performance of the Bach B Minor Mass.

"...the "Agnus Dei" in which the vocal purity of alto Janet Carlsen Campbell intertwined perfectly with the orchestra in..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Arts Review by Jerry Young

Shout!

Annie Weisman's satiric drama Be Aggressive, receiving its area premiere from the State Theater Company, gives a shout out to cheerleading as an outlet for teenagers to make themselves heard.

"...Dallas Theater Center to Chicago's Rivenden Theatre to Palo Alto's TheatreWorks. The State Theater Company provides the Austin area..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Liquid Assets

White wines go fine with hot dining.

"...-- don't blame the farmers for the politicians), the Alto Adige area of Italy makes similar, if somewhat lighter,..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Milagro en Tamiahua

Searching Mexico's Gulf Coast for seafood tamales

"...Next day he took us to Tampico Alto, where we spent the afternoon at a family-owned restaurant..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Feast of the Dragon

Hong Kong Sundays at the Alamo bring watermelon monsters and world-class Asian cuisine together.

"...a Chinese celebrity chef in Karrie's hometown of Palo Alto, Calif...."

Aug. 1, 2003 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Meat Puppets, Butthole Surfers

DVDisc

"...punk institution's primitive, turn-you-inside-out cathartic cacophony. Gibby's bra and alto sax on "Bar-be-que Pope," Leary's hornet twang on "Tornado,"..."

July 18, 2003 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Liquid Assets

The 'Chronicle' food and wine update: spring, 2003

"...Ehrlich (author of The Population Bomb). While in Palo Alto, she and Mac both fell in love with the..."

May 9, 2003 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Portrait of Conspirare

Local chorus Conspirare, headed to New York City for the American Choral Directors Association convention, previewed the trip with a local concert of what amounted to two programs: a collection spanning Renaissance to modern works and a mostly modern collection of songs ranging from the flowing to the formal, the basic to the brash.

"...one of three selections from The Boulding Chorales, the alto sections' hum -- a sine wavelike subsong, weaving through..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Miles Davis

In Box

"...sets, with sidemen like tenor saxman Rick Margitza and alto guy Kenny Garrett, plus the occasional guest like Chaka..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

"Austin City Limits" Festival Picks & Sleepers

"...Topaz is also the rarest of local commodities: home-grown. Alto-saxman Topaz McGarrigle was born in Austin, so what better..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Music Feature

Day Trips

"...of the river and north of Brownsville, the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site was the site of the..."

June 14, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Chicken and Beans

Chicken and Beans, a dance / variety show created and performed by Heloise Gold and Leticia Rodriguez, gives the viewer vibrant multi-sensory glimpses into the performers' Jewish and Hispanic heritages, respectively, revealing the cultural environments which molded these two women into the talented performers they are.

"...the ballad "Aquellos Ojos Verdes" in a gorgeous, husky alto. Wow. Or when both performers simply sat next to..."

May 31, 2002 Arts Review by M.B. Rice

Kenny Garrett

"...GarrettHappy People (Warner Bros.) When Kenny Garrett, who plays alto and soprano sax, came to the fore in the..."

March 29, 2002 Music Review by Harvey Pekar

Billie Holiday

Box Sets

"...it's easy to see why. From Johnny Hodges opening alto salvo to the first sweeping "I-I-I" sung by Holiday,..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Music Review by Jeff Mccord

Juke Joint Madonna

Toni Price comes clean.

"...earth mother of a muse, blessed with a honeyed alto that flatters more styles of music than oughta be..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Art Pepper

"...the sessions that make up this 5-CD box set, alto saxophonist Art Pepper displays the brilliant playing that characterized..."

July 13, 2001 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Mastica Empanada Parlour, June 13

"...opener. The rest of the band, MunKey (vox, guitar, alto sax), Branden Harper (drums), Bruce Salmon (samples, keyboards), and..."

June 22, 2001 Music Review by David Lynch

Tim Berne

"...down a dark, heavy, atmospheric backdrop over which Berne's alto sax squeaks and creaks its way through uncharted waters...."

June 15, 2001 Music Review by Michael Chamy

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