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▪ I. saxophone, n.|ˈsæksəfəʊn|
[f. the name Sax (see sax-horn) + Gr. -ϕωνος voiced, sounding.]
1. A brass wind-instrument with a clarinet mouthpiece, invented about 1840 by Adolphe Sax. Also preceded by qualifying adj. (or quasi-adj.), as soprano saxophone, alto saxophone (see alto a. b), tenor saxophone (see tenor a. 1), baritone saxophone, and bass saxophone, in descending order of pitch. (The instrument is widely used in modern dance and jazz bands.) Cf. sax n.2
1851Catal. Gt. Exhib. III. 1259/1 Sax, Adolphe & Co., Paris... Saxophone, and complete set of instruments for military bands, invented by the exhibitor. 1884Encycl. Brit. XVII. 708/2 Adolphe Sax, a Belgian established in Paris, who invented the family of saxophones. 1927Melody Maker Aug. 767/1 Then Mr. Billy Childs proved his excessive lung power by the force he put into blowing the soprano saxophone. 1934S. R. Nelson All about Jazz ii. 57 The other saxophones in common use in the band are the tenor, baritone, soprano and bass. 1954Grove's Dict. Mus. (ed. 5) VII. 434/2 Occasionally in the years just before 1917 the tenor saxophone did supplement the trombone and the soprano the clarinet, particularly in the rather larger and more highly organized bands on the Mississippi river boats. 1969Punch 12 Feb. 245/3 A vaguely modal thrash headed by Lynn Dobson on flute and soprano saxophone. 1977Listener 17 Feb. 215/3 Modern tenor-saxophone playing.
2. One who plays the saxophone; a saxophonist.
1929H. Miles tr. P. Morand's Black Magic i. 48 The saxophone was a handsome tall fellow. 1938D. Baker Young Man with Horn iii. i. 141 Rick met them... In the order of their presentation they were drums, saxophone, and trombone. 1949N. Marsh Swing, Brother, Swing vi. 119 The first saxophone muttered something about hitting the high spots.
3. attrib. and Comb.
1927Melody Maker May 489/2 Can you imagine anything worse than a saxophone section playing a nice legato movement and the banjo plonking away for all he is worth,..and killing the good work of the saxes. 1954Grove's Dict. Mus. (ed. 5) VII. 434/1 From time to time saxophone quartets..have appeared on the concert platform. 1973Advocate-News (Barbados) 24 Feb. 3/6 (Advt.), Attention all musicians..Just arrived:..Trombone Stands..Saxophone Stands. 1976A. White Long Silence i. 10 We'd..have a jolly time dancing to saxophone music until the small hours.
Hence saxoˈphonic a., of or pertaining to a saxophone; ˈsaxophonist, a saxophone-player.
1865Pall Mall G. 28 Aug. 1/2 Hitherto we have had neither Zouaves, nor drummers, nor Turkish Saxophonists, nor Danish peasants, introduced into the orchestra. 1926Whiteman & McBride Jazz ii. 34 Sleep for nights became a saxophonic mockery. Ibid. iii. 81 He noticed that a saxophonist was absent one night. 1958Times 3 Dec. 14/6 The bassoon of Mr. Karl Kolbinger, which achieves an old fashioned diapason tone or a modern saxophonic reediness as he requires. 1970Daily Tel. 19 May 16/4 Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington's masterful alto saxophonist. 1976New Yorker 15 Nov. 6/1 Alto saxophonist James Vass..will front his own quartet.
▪ II. saxophone, v.|ˈsæksəfəʊn|
[f. the n.]
intr. To play on the saxophone. Also fig., to produce a loud and raucous noise. Hence ˈsaxophoning vbl. n.
1927Sunday Express 28 Aug. 5/2 America's noise was gramophoned everywhere, and bawled and saxophoned. 1928Daily Express 17 Mar. 9/7 Ten pairs of Communist lungs gave vent to a chorus of as syncopated invectives as one could wish. The parties of the Centre and Right saxophoned back. 1952B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. (1958) xxi. 288 Other boppers' trumpeting or saxophoning just doesn't fit. |