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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Levy started learning to play tenor sax during his sixth grade year at La Jolla Elementary School, in large part because one of his best friends had taken up the instrument.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2025
Escobedo led Kimmel’s late night house band, Cleto and the Cletones — which also included his sax-playing dad — since the show’s debut in 2003.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2025
But Kimmel worried about selling the idea to the network − a pitch about hiring his best friend from grade school, who played sax didn't sound so convincing.
—Wendy Naugle, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
Murray spent much of the show out of the spotlight playing bongos, cowbell, shakers and wind chimes while his band members sang and brought the heat with soulful guitar solos and funky sax.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025
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George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2025
Escobedo led Kimmel’s late night house band, Cleto and the Cletones — which also included his sax-playing dad — since the show’s debut in 2003.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2025
But Kimmel worried about selling the idea to the network − a pitch about hiring his best friend from grade school, who played sax didn't sound so convincing.
—Wendy Naugle, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
Murray spent much of the show out of the spotlight playing bongos, cowbell, shakers and wind chimes while his band members sang and brought the heat with soulful guitar solos and funky sax.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Sax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sax. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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