Anthony Braxton On Contrabass Sax
There are very few contrabass saxophone players out there, and even fewer who have reached the stature of Anthony Braxton. Braxton, the prolific American performer …
Contrabass Saxophone
A Very Vintage W. Stowasser’s Söhne Bass Sax (Updated July 3)
One of the daily readers of my blog is looking to purchase a vintage bass saxophone. During his quest to find his “new” horn, he …
Sometimes Bigger, Is Just Well… Bigger
A few weeks ago I wrote an article about the world’s largest saxophone: that being the contrabass of course. However, as many of my readers will know, …
The World’s Largest Saxophone: Then & Now
I happened to come across this really interesting vintage photo depicting a contrabass saxophone. Source: http://blog.modernmechanix.com What’s really interesting is that the source of …
Vintage Bass Saxophones: Where Are They All Now?
In the sax-happy 1920s, bass saxophones were common-place…Well at least much more common place than today…A couple of months ago one of the moderators at the …
