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."—
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Joining Springsteen were, on drums, Anton Fig; on guitar, Sig McGinnis; on keys, Shaffer; sitting in on sax and tambourine for the night, David Sanborn; and for reasons that remain elusive to our cursory internet research, Francisco Centeno on bass, and not Will Lee.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 25 June 2025
The Club Fox shows will be fronted by Napoleon Murphy Brock on vocals, sax and flute.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 15 June 2025
Braxton’s imaginative sax solos levitate above the dynamic rhythm section, and Crispell’s responses are beguiling.
—Bret Saunders, Denver Post, 1 June 2025
The band includes Leonard Patton on vocals, Tripp Sprague on sax and flute, Mack Leighton on bass, Justin Grinnell on bass, Danny Green on piano, Duncan Moore on drums and Peter Sprague on guitar.
—Encinitas Advocate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2025
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Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 25 June 2025
The Club Fox shows will be fronted by Napoleon Murphy Brock on vocals, sax and flute.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 15 June 2025
Braxton’s imaginative sax solos levitate above the dynamic rhythm section, and Crispell’s responses are beguiling.
—Bret Saunders, Denver Post, 1 June 2025
The band includes Leonard Patton on vocals, Tripp Sprague on sax and flute, Mack Leighton on bass, Justin Grinnell on bass, Danny Green on piano, Duncan Moore on drums and Peter Sprague on guitar.
—Encinitas Advocate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2025
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“Sax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sax. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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