Technique pure and simple, rendition, is not of major importance, but it is interesting that Parker, following Lester Young, was one of the leaders of the so-called saxophone revolution.

At one time it was the ambition of every saxophone player in every high school band in America to blow like Bird.

He was in the chorus and played the tenor saxophone, winning first chair in the state band's saxophone section.

When Clinton played the saxophone on The Arsenio Hall Show, he was described by some religious conservatives as " the MTV president.

In the early 20th Century, it was found in myriad applications including saxophone mouthpieces, whistles, cameras, solid-body electric guitars, telephone housings and handsets, early machine guns, pistol grips, and appliance casings.

Asaf Savaş Akat, a famous economist in Turkey, played saxophone, and guitarist Ender Enön made his own guitar because it was difficult to find a real one on the market in those years.

After Terry Burns, his half-brother, introduced him to modern jazz, his enthusiasm for players like Charles Mingus and John Coltrane led his mother to give him a plastic alto saxophone in 1961 ; he was soon receiving lessons from a local musician.

Beginning around 1890, the early New Orleans jazz ensemble ( which played a mixture of marches, ragtime, and Dixieland ) was initially a marching band with a tuba or sousaphone ( or occasionally bass saxophone ) supplying the bass line.

A frequent contributor was Bertus Borgers ( saxophone ).

Another album from Marsalis Music was recorded in 2005, Occasion: Connick on Piano, Volume 2, a duo album with Harry Connick, Jr. on piano together with Branford Marsalis on saxophone.

Brett Larner was also active in jazz, recording a duo CD with saxophone legend and composer Anthony Braxton.

It was not until he became a freshman at San Francisco State College that he picked up the alto saxophone.

In the earliest rock and roll styles of the late 1940s and early 1950s, either the piano or saxophone was often the lead instrument, but these were generally replaced or supplemented by guitar in the middle to late 1950s.

By 1954, as rock and roll was beginning to emerge, a number of similar acts began to cross over from the R & B charts to mainstream success, often with added honking brass and saxophone, with The Crows, The Penguins, The El Dorados and The Turbans all scoring major hits.

There was also increasing emphasis on the electric guitar as a lead instrument, as well as the piano and saxophone.

The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846.

The saxophone was developed in 1846 by Adolphe Sax, a Belgian-born instrument maker, flautist, and clarinetist working in Paris.

The C soprano saxophone was the only instrument to sound at concert pitch.

A substantial advancement in saxophone keywork was the development of a method by which the left thumb operates both tone holes with a single octave key, which is now universal on modern saxophones.

One of the most radical, however temporary, revisions of saxophone keywork was made in the 1950s by M. Houvenaghel of Paris, who completely redeveloped the mechanics of the system to allow a number of notes ( C, B, A, G, F and E ) to be flattened by a semitone simply by lowering the right middle finger.

It was also transcribed for solo saxophone, becoming a standard performance piece for saxophone too.

Steve Lacy ( July 23, 1934 – June 4, 2004 ), born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York City, was a jazz saxophonist and composer recognized as one of the important players of soprano saxophone.

The Band was a Canadian / American roots rock group that originally consisted of Rick Danko ( bass guitar, double bass, fiddle, trombone, vocals ), Levon Helm ( drums, mandolin, guitar, vocals ), Garth Hudson ( keyboard instruments, saxophones, trumpet ), Richard Manuel ( piano, drums, baritone saxophone, vocals ) and Robbie Robertson ( guitar, vocals ).

However, the German instrument maker Benedikt Eppelsheim has recently introduced a brand new instrument called the " Tubax " ( a saxophone hybrid ), one model of which, the BB ♭ subcontrabass, also has A-flat as its lowest pitch.

His father introduced him to the saxophone at the age of eight, in addition to violin and piano.

Taragot, saxophone and accordion have more recently been introduced.

Coleman Hawkins, who introduced the tenor saxophone to jazz, was raised in Topeka, Kansas, and began touring in eastern Kansas by 1918 ( at the age of 14 ).

With " Apollo Sound ", Roberto introduced a “ new ” sound to salsa music by utilizing two trumpets, a trombone and a saxophone, a combination he took from the influence of the wind section of the rock group Blood, Sweat and Tears ( in honor of which his band recorded a successful version of “ Spinning Wheel ”).

As of 2008, most electric or amplified musical instruments are electric versions of chordophones ( including pianos, guitars and violins ); an exception is the varitone, an amplified saxophone ( part of the aerophone family ) that was first introduced by The Selmer Company in 1965.

Conn claims to have introduced the first American-made saxophone in 1888, designed by the French-born E. A.

In 1973 drummer Roy Brooks introduced Pullen to bassist Charles Mingus, and after a brief audition he took over the vacant piano chair in the Mingus group ; when a tenor saxophone player was needed, Pullen recommended George Adams ; subsequently Dannie Richmond returned on drums ; and these men, together with Jack Walrath on trumpet, formed the last great Mingus group.

In 1999, German wind instrument maker Benedikt Eppelsheim introduced the subcontrabass tubax, a modified saxophone pitched in B an octave below the bass saxophone.

McConnell introduced a saxophone section in 1970, and expanded the trumpet section to include a fifth trumpet in 1976, bringing the total to 22 members.

He was introduced to the saxophone a few years earlier by his cousin, Herschel Evans, who played in Count Basie's band in the mid-1930s.

* Spektakel ( 1970 ) for improvisational ensemble ( saxophone bass clarinet, viola, bass guitar, electronic organ piano, percussion other instruments ), small orchestra ( 12 winds, 4 horns, 6 percussion )

The standard small combo usually limits itself to one trumpet and one saxophone at times augmented by a second saxophone or a trombone.

His most popular works include Le bœuf sur le toit ( a ballet which lent its name to the legendary cabaret frequented by Milhaud and other members of Les Six ), La création du monde ( a ballet for small orchestra with solo saxophone, influenced by jazz ), Scaramouche ( for saxophone and piano, also for two pianos ), and Saudades do Brasil ( dance suite ).

Tim Capello makes a small cameo appearance in the movie playing the song at the Santa Cruz boardwalk, with his saxophone and trademark bodybuilder muscles on display.

Evans played saxophone with many top jazz artists for years before taking an interest in R & B, first as a musician ( including Motown's touring band and the Apollo Theater house band ) and then getting into the record business as a producer and writer, also running two other small labels prior to Carnival.

The tenor saxophone is used in many different types of ensembles, including concert bands, big band jazz ensembles, small jazz ensembles, and marching bands.

The fully curved variety looks much like a small alto saxophone with a straighter crook.

After several false starts and frequent jam sessions featuring a rotating cast of trial members, a small core emerged consisting of Wright on bass guitar, Gordon on alto saxophone and vocals, Eric White on tenor saxophone, Ian Ashley on guitar and Tyson Balmores on drums, with several musicians rotating in and out of the lineup to fill in at various positions.

All operations were moved out of Mexico ( 1987 ); the production of Artley flutes and piccolos returned to Elkhart, while clarinet, saxophone and small brass manufacture were moved to Nogales.

Since Boehm's fingering is used in saxophones as well as in concert flutes, many flute players " double " on saxophone for jazz and small ensembles and vice versa.

Because of the difficulties in building such a small instrument — the soprillo is 12 inches long, 13 inches with the mouthpiece — it is only recently that a true sopranissimo saxophone has been produced.

156-1971, for alto saxophone, piano and small orchestra

* Berceuse-1932, for alto saxophone or viola or cello and small orchestra