The 1920s, often called the “Jazz Age,” was a significant period for jazz music, characterized by the emergence of influential artists who shaped the genre. This decade saw the rise of Louis Armstrong ...

Clarinet and trumpet were king in early jazz backed by big piano, trombone and rhythm. Saxophone was a buzz in, out and at times sounded like a zombie lurking in a boiler room or a troll trapped in ...

The saxophone section of the Sousa Band is shown in 1926. A photograph of Tom Brown from April 11, 1917. An 1867 woodblock print of Adolphe Sax, inventor of the musical instrument that bears his name.