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• n  a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore

• And so was Sigurd Rascher, for he is the man who rescued the saxophone from the barrelhouse.
• Only a child that familiar with adversity, contend critics of the saxophone, could have foisted such a contraption on an unsuspecting world.
• In time his saxophone traveled across the Atlantic, became a mainstay of jazz.

• sax

News & Articles

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• URI jazz band to play at Newport Jazz Festival
  URI jazz band to play at Newport Jazz Festival Saxophone player Ben Marcoux, who plans to graduate from URI next year with a bachelor's degree in jazz studies, called playing at the festival a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Jared Sims, co-director of the jazz band, said it's fantastic the group will be part of the tradition of the festival, where jazz greats like Duke Ellington have played.
  June 11, 2013 - San Francisco Chronicle
• 10 Reasons Bill Clinton Is a Cool Dad
  Today, Bill and Chelsea Clinton attended a fundraiser in New York City, where the former president was named Father of the Year by the National Father's Day Council. During the event, Chelsea presented her dad with the award, saying, "Every day he's my dad, and I don't need an award to tell me he's the best that I ever could have hoped for." Between his Hollywood connections and his saxophone ...
  June 11, 2013 - PopSugar
• A look back at the Discover Jazz Festival that was
  Branford Marsalis plays the tenor saxophone with the Branford Marsalis Quartet at the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival show held at the Flynn on Sunday night.
  June 9, 2013 - The Burlington Free Press

Quotes

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• Kevin Bacon in Montreal Gazette
  I'm not going to sit in some ivory tower and pass my scores down to the players,Zorn has said. "I have to be there with them, and that's why I started playing saxophone, so that I could meet musicians. I still feel that I have to earn a...