The Saxophone is a woodwind instrument that was developed by a second generation Belgian instrument designer by the name of Adolphe Sax in 1846. His goal was to create the most powerful and adaptable brass woodwind instrument to fill the perceived gap between their respective sections. While it was initially developed to be used in classical music, the diversity of the saxophone has found its way into just about every type of music you can imagine. From its creation, there have been multiple derivations of the saxophone, from the Alto (being the most common) all the way up the scale to the Sopranissimo (a very high pitched instrument) all the way down to the Subcontrabass (the deepest throated of the saxophones). Though developed to be the balancing point between brass and woodwind instruments, the saxophone is classified, officially, as a woodwind. I tried to teach myself to play a while back, easy to find a tune, not so easy to find it's soul.
Love the sound of sax, saw a busker in Bath few years back, coat over shoulders tenor sax, smooth would have stood there all day but jobs to do.
here ya go Sir, I'll have you know I played Baritone sax in a band once.........................only once mind.
I once went to see Courtney Pine in concert who did this party trick kind of thing where he played a series of what I would call noises rather than actual notes.... Started off really loud, got more & more quiet until you could hardly hear him then took his mouth away.... the sax was making the same noises as when he started..... It was more interesting to watch than I’ve made it sound!
I remember some saxophone stuff from back in the 50s . But I was young then and liked novelty records - hence I bought the 45 singles of ......wait for it ...... Hoots Mon ....and it gets worse .... The Purple People Eater. And I think I still have them in my record box.
