place_of_birth charles brackeen
The saxophone ( also referred to as the sax ) is a family ___MASK96___ woodwind instruments . Saxophones are usually made ___MASK96___ brass and played with a single - reed mouthpiece similar to that ___MASK96___ the clarinet . The saxophone family was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1840 . Adolphe Sax wanted to create a group or series ___MASK96___ instruments that would be the most powerful and vocal ___MASK96___ the woodwinds , and the most adaptive ___MASK96___ the brass instruments , that would fill the vacant middle ground between the two sections . He patented the saxophone on June 28 , 1846 , in two groups ___MASK96___ seven instruments each . Each series consisted ___MASK96___ instruments ___MASK96___ various sizes in alternating transposition . The series pitched in B and E , designed for military bands , have proved extremely popular and most saxophones encountered today are from this series . Instruments from the so - called " orchestral " series , pitched in C and F , never gained a foothold , and the B and E instruments have now replaced the C and F instruments when the saxophone is used in an orchestra . A transposing instrument is a musical instrument whose music is notated at a pitch different from the pitch that actually sounds ( concert pitch ). Playing a written C on a transposing instrument produces a pitch other than C , and that pitch identifies the interval ___MASK96___ transposition when describing the instrument . For example , a written C on a B clarinet sounds a concert B . ___MASK57___ ( ___MASK18___ : " Asgaya gigageyi " /   ; or transliterated from English as  (" òàlàhoma "), Pawnee : " Uukuhuúwa ", Cayuga : " Gahnawiyogeh ") is a state located in the South Central United States . ___MASK57___ is the 20th - most extensive and the 28th - most populous ___MASK96___ the 50 United States . The state ' s name is derived from the Choctaw words " okla " and " humma ", meaning " red people ". It is also known informally by its nickname , " The Sooner State ", in reference to the non - Native settlers who staked their claims on the choicest pieces ___MASK96___ land before the official opening date , and the Indian Appropriations Act ___MASK96___ 1889 , which opened the door for white settlement in America ' s Indian Territory . The name was settled upon statehood , ___MASK57___ Territory and Indian Territory were merged and Indian was dropped from the name . On November 16 , 1907 , ___MASK57___ became the 46th state to enter the union . Its residents are known as " Oklahomans ", or informally " Okies ", and its capital and largest city is ___MASK28___ . The Indian sausage Act is the name ___MASK96___ several acts passed by the United States Congress . A considerable number ___MASK96___ acts were passed under the same name throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries , but the most notable landmark acts consist ___MASK96___ the 1851 Indian Appropriations Act and the 1871 Indian Appropriations Act . Charles Brackeen ( born March 13 , 1940 in ___MASK57___ ) is a jazz saxophonist who primarily plays tenor saxophone , but also plays soprano saxophone . He was married to pianist Joanne Brackeen ; they have since divorced , and they have four children . Brackeen originally studied violin and piano before switching to saxophone . He played in a recording with members ___MASK96___ the Ornette Coleman Quartet in 1968 and on Jazz Composer ' s Orchestra recordings by Don Cherry ( 1973 ) , Leroy Jenkins ( 1975 ) , and Paul Motian for ECM ( 1978 & 1979 ) . He recorded again as a leader in 1987 , when he recorded three albums for Silkheart Records . He also has a quartet which produced Worshippers Come Nigh , among other works , in 1995 . The contrabass saxophone is the second - lowest - pitched extant member ___MASK96___ the saxophone family proper . It is extremely large ( twice the length ___MASK96___ tubing ___MASK96___ the baritone saxophone , with a bore twice as wide , standing 1 . 9 meters tall , or 6 feet four inches ) and heavy ( approximately 20 kilograms , or 45 pounds ), and is pitched in the key ___MASK96___ E , one octave below the baritone saxophone . The tubax is a modified saxophone developed in 1999 by the ___MASK36___ instrument maker Benedikt Eppelsheim . It is available in both E contrabass and B or C subcontrabass sizes . Its name is a portmanteau ___MASK96___ the words " tuba " and " sax ". The first size ___MASK96___ tubax to be developed was the E contrabass . It has the same register as a regular contrabass saxophone but is much more compact due to its tubing being folded more times . While the timbre ___MASK96___ the E tubax is more focused and compact than that ___MASK96___ the full - sized contrabass saxophone , it still blends well with other sizes ___MASK96___ saxophones and can be played with surprising agility compared to its size . The subcontrabass tubax uses a baritone saxophone or bass saxophone mouthpiece . While several B subcontrabasses are already in use , only one C model has been manufactured . It was sold to Thomas Mejer ___MASK96___ Switzerland in July 2002 ; he has recorded on it with Peter A . Schmid as the " Two Tubax Duo ." Woodwind instruments are a family ___MASK96___ musical instruments within the more general category ___MASK96___ wind instruments . There are two main types ___MASK96___ woodwind instruments : flutes and reed instruments ( otherwise called reed pipes ). What differentiates these instruments from other wind instruments is the way in which they produce their sound . Examples are a saxophone , a bassoon and a piccolo . The soprano saxophone is a higher - register variety ___MASK96___ the saxophone , a woodwind instrument , invented in the 1840s . The soprano is the third smallest member ___MASK96___ the saxophone family , which consists ( from smallest to largest ) ___MASK96___ the soprillo , sopranino , soprano , alto , tenor , baritone , bass , contrabass saxophone and tubax . The ___MASK18___ ( ___MASK18___ " Ani - Yuwiya " ) are a Native American people , originally indigenous to the Southeastern United States , including Alabama , Georgia , Kentucky , ___MASK11___ , Tennessee , North Carolina , South Carolina , Virginia and West Virginia . Currently there are three federally recognized ___MASK18___ tribes : the Eastern Band ___MASK96___ ___MASK18___ Indians in North Carolina , the ___MASK18___ Nation ___MASK96___ Oklahoma , and the United Keetoowah Band ___MASK96___ ___MASK18___ Indians , also in Oklahoma . Jazz is a music genre that originated amongst African Americans in New ___MASK65___ , United States , in the late 19th and early 20th centuries . Since the 1920s jazz age , jazz has become recognized as a major form ___MASK96___ musical expression . It emerged in the form ___MASK96___ independent traditional and popular musical styles , all linked by the common bonds ___MASK96___ African American and European American musical parentage with a performance orientation . Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes , call and response vocals , polyrhythms and improvisation . Jazz has roots in West African cultural and musical expression , and in African - American music traditions including blues and ragtime , as well as European military band music . Although the foundation ___MASK96___ jazz is deeply rooted within the Black experience ___MASK96___ the United States , different cultures have contributed their own experience and styles to the art form as well . Intellectuals around the world have hailed jazz as " one ___MASK96___ America ' s original art forms ". The Choctaw ( In the Choctaw language , Chahta ) are Native American people originally from the Southeastern United States ( modern - day ___MASK11___ , Florida , Alabama , and ___MASK86___ ). The Choctaw language belongs to the Muskogean language family group . The Choctaw are descendants of the peoples of the Hopewell and Mississippian cultures , who lived throughout the east of the ___MASK11___ River valley and its tributaries . About 1 , 700 years ago , the Hopewell people built Nanih Waiya , a great earthwork mound , which is still considered sacred by the Choctaw . The early Spanish explorers of the mid - 16th century encountered Mississippian - culture villages and chiefs . The anthropologist John Swanton suggested that the Choctaw derived their name from an early leader . Henry Halbert , a historian , suggests that their name is derived from the Choctaw phrase " Hacha hatak " ( river people ). ___MASK28___ is the capital and largest city of the state of Oklahoma . The county seat of Oklahoma County , the city ranks 27th among United States cities in population . The population grew following the 2010 Census , with the population estimated to have increased to 631 , 346 as of July 2015 . As of 2015 , the ___MASK28___ metropolitan area had a population of 1 , 358 , 452 , and the ___MASK28___ - Shawnee Combined Statistical Area had a population of 1 , 459 , 758 ( Chamber of Commerce ) residents , making it Oklahoma ' s largest metropolitan area . Joanne Brackeen ( born Joanne Grogan , July 26 , 1938 ) is an American jazz pianist and music educator . The tenor saxophone is a medium - sized member ___MASK96___ the saxophone family , a group ___MASK96___ instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s . The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones . The tenor is pitched in the key ___MASK96___ B , and written as a transposing instrument in the treble clef , sounding an octave and a major second lower than the written pitch . Modern tenor saxophones which have a high F key have a range from A to E ( concert ) and are therefore pitched one octave below the soprano saxophone . People who play the tenor saxophone are known as " tenor saxophonists " or " tenor sax players ". An Okie is a resident , native , or cultural descendant ___MASK96___ Oklahoma . Like most terms that disparage specific groups , it was first applied by the dominant cultural group . It is derived from the name ___MASK96___ the state , similar to " Texan " or " Tex " for someone from Texas , or " Arkie " or " Arkansawyer " for a native ___MASK96___ Arkansas . As general terms , ___MASK9___ , the Indian Territories , or Indian country describe an evolving land area set aside by the United States Government for the relocation ___MASK96___ Native Americans who held aboriginal title to their land . In general , the tribes ceded land they occupied in exchange for land grants in an area purchased by the United States federal government from Napoleonic France , the ___MASK86___ Purchase . The concept ___MASK96___ an ___MASK9___ was an outcome ___MASK96___ the 18th - and 19th - century policy ___MASK96___ Indian removal . After the Civil War , the policy ___MASK96___ the government was one ___MASK96___ assimilation . The Territory ___MASK96___ Oklahoma was an organized incorporated territory ___MASK96___ the United States that existed from May 2 , 1890 , until November 16 , 1907 , when it was joined with the Indian Territory under a new constitution and admitted to the Union as the State ___MASK96___ Oklahoma .