The German Music Council has voted for the Saxophone to be “Instrument of the Year 2019“. The woodwind instrument was invented by Belgian Adolphe Sax in 1840. His birthplace, Dinant, has a Saxophone ...

November 6th is the 201st birthday of the Belgian musician and inventor of the saxophone, who is being celebrated by five Google Doodles The Google Doodle on November 6 celebrates inventor of the ...

Among the many jobs to which millions of people aspire – doctor, lawyer, entrepreneur – music instrument repairer is not likely on the list. And in Vietnam, where jazz music is a niche passion, Nguyen ...

It's an instrument synonymous with '80s soft rock and pop, men in black sunglasses and elevator music of the Kenny G variety – but now the saxophone is shrugging off its cringey past and honking into ...

Dinant, a city on the River Meuse in Belgium, is the place for sax maniacs looking for a saxy weekend break. It’s the birthplace of Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone. La Maison de Monsieur Sax ...

Google is celebrating the saxophone today, devoting its home page to the musician and instrument maker Adolphe Sax. He was born on this date in 1814 in Belgium; both of Sax’s parents were instrument ...

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 ...

Have you ever heard a Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone in the 1840s? It is a versatile woodwind instrument known for its smooth, expressive sound. Saxophonists are musicians who use the smooth, ...

Those who play larger musical instruments, things like drums, piano, harp, tuba, upright bass, or Zeusaphone, know well the challenges of simply transporting their chosen instrument to band practice, ...