1 As expected, I have much to add about the saxophone, having played the instrument beginning in about 1956, although clarinet was my first wind instrument. Those of you who want to research the instrument far beyond this article should obtain a copy of Michael Segell's absorbing book "The Devil's Horn."

And while Etta Morgan may have been the first lady saxophonist in the world, she was not the only one, or even the best-known one. At the turn of the century, Elise Boyer Hall, a society lady of Boston, NY, began commissioning works for the instrument from early 20th Century composers, the best-known being Claude Debussy, who began composing the Rapsodie for saxophone and orchestra shortly before his death (it was completed in 1919 by his contemporary Jean Roger-Ducasse) and Mrs. Hall gave its premiere, as well as those of works she commissioned by Vincent d'Indy, George Sprok and Henri Woollett. "As a saxophonist, she appeared in twenty-eight concerts, rarely failing to provoke a reaction from the audience, which was unaccustomed to seeing a woman play the horn. She died in 1924."

As far as the instrument's jazz application, the article leaves out more than it contains as far as the people who made it famous. The first performer who made the tenor saxophone an important jazz "voice" was Coleman Hawkins; previous performers had made it more of a clowning instrument. I don't have the time or the space to go into the legions of top performers on the tenor sax here. And there is the alto sax, the King of which was Charlie "Bird" Parker. There have been many great performers on the baritone saxophone, perhaps the best-known being Gerry Mulligan (already people are getting out the tar and feathers because I didn't put Harry Carney at the top of the list); and the bass saxophone, whose top performer was Adrian Rollini. Picking a top-of-the-lister for the soprano sax is more difficult, as I don't think Steve Lacey was well-enough known to the general public, and Jerry Dodgion and Jerome Richardson were not well-enough known outside of New York City. Surely I have missed some.

The fact that the saxophone is capable of so many different tone qualities and styled of playing means that different performers put their own stamp on it with aplomb. Notice I didn't mention alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, best know for his tenure in Dave Brubeck's Quartet, or avant-garde altoist Lee Konitz, both of whom had sounds considerably different from Charlie Parker. And tenorist Lester Young played and sounded quite differently than Coleman Hawkins.

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3 As for wonen saxaphonists, there is something sexy, actually downright erotic, about a woman playing the sax.  I don't know if it's just me or if every guy feels that way, but a pretty woman with a sax is just a major turn on. 

I could theorize WHY it's so sexy, but this is a family site, after all!

4 I like 'em OK if they play well and follow section discipline. Had one sub with the Classic Big Band a couple years ago who got there before I did and made the mistake of thinking for herself -- started pulling the set list from the wrong book, etc. I had to tell her to put everything back exactly where she found it, which was a problem.

5 Hehe!  Sound like she was a handful.

6 I passed the word along to the regular who had hired her as his sub, and she hasn't been back.

7 Have to say I'm disappointed no saxophonists rang in to talk about their favorites on the instrument. We could have had a good discussion going on. Maybe the pain-killer troll scared 'em off.

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