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• n  a Belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894)
• n  a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore

• But after bassist Jimmie Blanton and tenor-sax man Ben Webster signed on in 1939 and '40, it became the leader's best ever.
• Bending low over his sax, Rollins, 48, would pause for a fraction of a second and then come up swinging: weaving countermelodies inside and outside the harmonies, loosing flying .
• His Fox News bio notes that he plays flute, alto flute, soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax and guitar.

• Sax
• Adolphe Sax
• saxophone

News & Articles

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• Metro Detroit jazz artists at Meadow Brook Hall
  ROCHESTER — Enjoy live cool jazz at a National Historic Landmark this summer, when local jazz favorite musician George “Sax” Benson returns to Meadow Brook Hall for the annual summer concert series.
  June 17, 2013 - The Oakland Press
• The Sax Man of Cleveland's streets, star of upcoming documentary film, says police keep harassing him: Michael K ...
  Cleveland's Sax Man, Maurice Reedus Jr., says he's planning to leave town next month. His friends say he's staying.
  June 14, 2013 - The Cleveland Plain Dealer
• ‘Venice,’ by Eric Rosen and Matt Sax, Teems With Action
  Matt Sax, center, in "Venice," at the Public Theater. There’s enough plot in Eric Rosen and Matt Sax’s “Venice,” the action-flooded new musical at the Public Theater , to fill a whole year in a Marvel comics series.
  June 13, 2013 - New York Times

Quotes

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• Boots Randolph in Ninemsn
  Yakety Sax will be my trademark,Randolph said in a 1990 interview. "I'll hang my hat on it. It's kept me alive. Every sax player in the world has tried to play it. Some are good, some are awful."