Thanx to Google, we have been informed that November 6, the birthday of one of PD's most notable pals, is also the birthday--the 201st--of Adolphe Sax.
Sax was the Belgian maker of musical instruments whose name is forever connected to his best-known creation: the banjo.
Kidding. It was circa 1840 when M. Sax invented the saxophone family--soprano, alto, C-melody, sopranino, tenor and baritone. His natal day and his creation will be celebrated by a great chorus of saxophonists, some still with us, some, as Zoot Sims would say, on the road.
Besides Zoot, the all-saxophone band will include Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Cannonball Adderley, Ben Webster, Clarence Clemons, Johnny Hodges, Richie Cole, Phil Dwyer, P.J. Perry, Manny Goodman, Ernie Watts, Al Cohn, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Stitt, Paul Gonsalves, Ornette Coleman, Phil Woods, Bud Shank, Fraser MacPherson, Stan Getz, Art Pepper, Jimmy Giuffre, Benny Golson, Sonny Rollins, George Coleman, John Coltrane, Georgie Auld, Hank Mobley, Jane Bunnett, Wardell Gray, Bob Cooper, Jimmy Dorsey, Chu Barry, Serge Chaloff, Gerry Mulligan, Paul Desmond, Charlie Ventura, Bob Moyer, Branford Marsalis, Charlie Barnet, Lee Konitz, Buddy Tate, Campbell Ryga, Joe Henderson, Frankie Trumbauer, Stanley Turrentine, Allen Eager, Illinois Jacquet, Scott Hamilton, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and Bill Clinton.
Let the hooting and wailing begin.
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