The soprano saxophone has never been a dominant instrument in mainstream jazz, but it's been in the mix since the beginning. Take a quick tour of the soprano sax throughout jazz history with the help ...

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 ...

Warning: Due to its extreme range and the required very firm embouchure only professional players can play the Soprillo. It may take several months of practise to reach the highest notes. The ...

There’s a move perfected by middle school orchestra members — mainly clarinet players, in my experience — that emerges directly after a musician makes a jarring mistake during a performance. The ...

When people think of the sound a saxophone makes, they usually conjure the image of a man playing smooth jazz on a street corner. The same scene is applicable for ~Nois — a Bienen-born quartet — only ...

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