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The Story of the Saxophone
Lesa Cline-Ransome
Item #:
9780823437023
Price:
$19.99
You may think that the story of the saxophone begins with
Dexter Gordon, Charlie Parker, or another twentieth-century
jazz icon. It really began in 1840 in Belgium with a young
daydreamer named Joseph-Antoine Adolphe Sax—a boy with bad luck
but great ideas.
This picture book unravels the fascinating history of how
Adolphe’s once reviled instrument was transported across Europe
and Mexico to New Orleans. Follow the saxophone’s journey
from Adolphe’s imagination to the pawn shop window where it
caught the eye of musician Sidney Bechet and became the iconic
symbol of jazz music it is today.
Deflty retold, this history is paired with the gorgeous artwork
of James E. Ransome, including an attention-grabbing poster of
iconic jazz musicians you can find inside the jacket.Book,
40 pages.
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