Alexa Tarantino
Alto Sax Solo on
Alone Together

About

Alexa Tarantino takes two choruses of alto saxophone on "Alone Together" at approximately 192 BPM, the third soloist in the sequence after Emmet Cohen and Tatum Greenblatt. Her playing over the 36-bar AABA form in D minor combines the bright character of the alto with bebop fluency, her lines navigating the tune's changes with rhythmic invention and melodic clarity. As a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Tarantino brings a command of the standard repertoire that is evident in her assured handling of this well-known harmonic framework, her two choruses building on the energy of the preceding solos.

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