The devil's horn
Subtitle: the story of the saxophone, from noisy novelty to king of cool
By: Michael Segell
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780374159382
Subjects: Saxophone; History
Description: Traces the history of the saxophone from its invention by the eccentric Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in the 1840s to its role in the jazz genre in the twenty-first century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-300) and index.