plural saxes
informal
: saxophone
plays sax in a local jazz ensemble
—often used before another nouna sax player
The transmission, as one editor put it, "is as smooth as a Paul Desmond sax solo."—
John Phillips
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The world should know Murray is still champion of the tenor sax and bass clarinet.
—Brett Saunders, The Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2024
At 29, sax and flute player Lloyd had a breakout year for the ages, establishing him a one of jazz’s true stars.
—Spin Team, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
Quickly the young alto sax player, his new album Blue Blood affirming his stature as one of the rising stars of jazz, an astonishing leap from the already-brilliant work of his first two albums, realizes how that sounds.
—Steve Hochman, SPIN, 21 Oct. 2024
Allen is lithe and sinewy and, in a Sun Ra T-shirt and cap, didn’t seem much changed from the guy on sax in the seventies or eighties, blowing and chanting and dancing.
—Robert Sullivan, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
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Brett Saunders, The Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2024
At 29, sax and flute player Lloyd had a breakout year for the ages, establishing him a one of jazz’s true stars.
—Spin Team, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
Quickly the young alto sax player, his new album Blue Blood affirming his stature as one of the rising stars of jazz, an astonishing leap from the already-brilliant work of his first two albums, realizes how that sounds.
—Steve Hochman, SPIN, 21 Oct. 2024
Allen is lithe and sinewy and, in a Sun Ra T-shirt and cap, didn’t seem much changed from the guy on sax in the seventies or eighties, blowing and chanting and dancing.
—Robert Sullivan, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
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“Sax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sax. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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