Orchestras hated him. When Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone in 1841, he sought to combine the subtlety of woodwinds with the power of big brass in an instrument unlike anything the world had ever ...

Adolphe Sax made this alto saxophone in 1857, long after he had switched to brass. The sax is still a woodwind instrument, though. Photo courtesy National Music Museum, Vermillion, South Dakota The ...

Even as the world is tuned in for the latest updates around US election results, did you know that today is world saxophone day? An unofficial holiday that celebrates the woodwind instrument popularly ...

Thursday marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone. Miles Hoffman explains how an instrument designed for... Happy Birthday, Mr. Sax It's rare to be able to ...

Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome met at a "Purple Rain" party when they were 19 — sophomores at Pratt Institute. "I asked her to dance, and we've been dancing together ever since," says James ...

November 6th is the 201st birthday of the Belgian musician and inventor of the saxophone, who is being celebrated by five Google Doodles The Google Doodle on November 6 celebrates inventor of the ...

Google is marking what would be the 201st birthday of Adolphe Sax, the creator of the saxophone, with a new doodle that celebrates the instrument that became the defining emblem and sound of the jazz ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Adolphe Sax, who revolutionised jazz and blues with his invention of the saxophone, is finally getting the recognition he is due ...

New Delhi: The inventor of saxophone, Antoine-Joseph "Adolf" Sax was born on November 6, 1814, in Dinant, Belgium. He died on February 7, 1894 at the age of 79 in Paris, France. Born in a family of ...

In November 1814, Col. Andrew Jackson marched on Pensacola, taking the Florida city away from Britain and Spain, while the Congress of Vienna was busy drawing new boundaries after the Napoleonic Wars.

Adolphe Sax, who revolutionised jazz and blues with his invention of the saxophone, is finally getting the recognition he is due in his native Belgium, 200 years after his birth. A bicentenary ...