Trumbauer’s work on the C-melody saxophone slipping easily from rapid-fire virtuosity through honey-smooth phrasing into an occasional dash of whimsy. It’s no surprise that their playing was ...

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Steve Cowles cradles a silver 1921 Conn C-Melody saxophone, a novelty even when it was made nearly a century ago. “I’ve been here three times this week,” Cowles says wistfully.

Moments before, he’d been skronking away on his C-melody saxophone, lobbing a torrent of notes into the spaces around Sam Wilkes’ bouncing bassline. Suddenly, his voice erupts, as though he ...

Joined by The Golden Age String Quartet, Russoniello plays a rare C melody saxophone. "In the 1920s the C melody saxophone was the most popular instrument of the time," Russoniello says.