Saxophobia: Still Alive and Well In 1947
Over the past few years I’ve dug through newspaper archives and found some of the most outlandish examples of saxophobia—and not of the Rudy Wiedoeft …
Famous And Not-So Famous Sax Players
Saxophone Bashing Taken To A Whole New Level
I am fascinated with the saxophone bashing that went on in the early part of the 20th century—during the sax-happy 1920’s, and the continued backlash …
A Psychedelic Album Cover By The Karl Denson Trio
Confession time: I hadn’t heard of Karl Denson until I happened upon this rather psychedelic album cover yesterday. Source: amazon.com The Karl Denson Trio (KD3), …
Some Saxophone Quips From The 1930s
While searching the newspaper archives for interesting saxophone stories from the early part of the 20th century, I happened to come across some interesting quips …
A J’Élle Stainer Compact Contrabass Saxophone
One upside of my rather crazy-big website, is that I regularly receive emails from saxophone players and owners from around the world—some of whom have …
