Alexa Tarantino
Alto Sax Solo on
Unit 7

About

Alexa Tarantino follows Tatum Greenblatt with three choruses of alto saxophone on "Unit 7" at approximately 187 BPM, her strong, confident playing demonstrating the command that earned her a chair in the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. The 44-bar AABA form in C gives her room to develop ideas across the extended structure, her lines combining bebop fluency with a personal melodic sensibility. As the second of four soloists, her three-chorus statement expands on the energy established by Greenblatt's trumpet feature while bringing the alto saxophone's brighter timbral character to the performance.

Alexa Tarantino was 28 to 29 years old at the time.