The soprano saxophone, unlike the clarinet or tenor sax, was never popular in jazz until Sidney Bechet, who was the first jazz musician to use it exclusively. A contemporary of Louis Armstrong and ...
Far be it for me to tell you how to spend your time and money during a seemingly interminable storm on a Thursday night. But if you have any affinity for the silvery sound that slips from Kenny G's ...
Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Chamber Orchestra Lapland Chamber Orchestra Kalevi Aho, Composer Anders Paulsson, Soprano saxophone John Storgårds, Conductor Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, ...
Sidney Bechet, one of the early jazz greats, made his name on the clarinet, not the cornet or trumpet. Artist: Arthur Leipzig, 1945, Gelatin silver print, National ...