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Saxophone


1996 Tristan Keuris, composer, taught composition in Utrecht, Amsterdam, works include 'Saxophone Quartet Concerto', dies in Amsterdam, Holland

1995 Eddie Williams Wiggins, alto saxophone/comedian, dies at 78

1956 Ned Rothenberg, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, plays woodwind instruments, extended techniques include playing chords on saxophone

1946 Tristan Keuris, born in Amersfoort, Netherlands, composer, taught composition in Utrecht, Amsterdam, works include 'Saxophone Quartet Concerto'

1943 Bobby Keyes, born in Slaton, Texas, musician, saxophone player, played with Bobby Vee, Buddy Holly, The Rolling Stones, celebrated recording "Return to Sender", "Brown Sugar"

1904 Coleman Hawkins, virtually created tenor saxophone for jazz

1899 Edward Pollock, saxophone/clarinet

1894 Antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79

1865 Charles J Sax, Belgian inventor (saxophone), dies at 74

1848 Antoine Joseph Sax patents Saxophone

1848 Antoine Joseph Sax, inventor, saxophone

1846 George Sax, inventor, saxophone

1846 Saxophone is patents by Antoine Joseph Sax

1814 Adolphe Sax, Belgium, musician/inventor, saxophone


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