Junior Walker played a Selmer Mark VI, although he did own a Yamaha that was displayed at the RRHF briefly. He also used a Metal Lawton 8*BB mouthpiece...
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Eris Darius is a smooth jazz artist who started playing as a young man. Eric Darius's two main instruments are Alto Saxophone and Tenor Saxophone. He has been seen playing a variety of different saxophone brands.
In my opinion the best known model of alto saxophone is a Selmer Mark VI. Most people consider Selmer to be of the highest quality. However, it all depends on personal preference and what kind of mouth piece, ligature and reed you are using. Other great brands are Cannonball and Yanagisawa. If you are saxophone shopping be sure to try out the actual saxophone that you are interested in because a brand can mean nothing if you're not comfortable on it.
Not in my opinion, however, I do believe that a players natural abilities can be reflected on ANY sax, .look at Charlie Parker for example. It is all in the player!