But if you have any affinity for the silvery sound that slips from Kenny G's soprano saxophone, tonight and Friday offer an opportunity to hear the instrumentalist in a rare, intimate setting.

The instrument has 73 pre-programmed voices for soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and non-sax sounds, and it also allows players to input and save custom channels. These are editable in the YDS ...

But Bechet immediately took to the instrument, writes Fordham, immediately creating an iconic sound on an instrument that would come to be a signature of jazz. Soprano saxophones are straight ...

Soprano saxophones are an exceedingly difficult instrument ... It is surprisingly congruent with the sound of a real saxophone, despite its size, shape and construction. However, it is pitched ...

On that Monday in March, they and sound engineer ... the saxophone in an ensemble, Hanson flips the switch and frequently unfurls arching, ethereal notes on both tenor and soprano horns that ...

the saxophone had become a comedy fixture on the vaudeville circuit, where musicians used the instrument to mimic chicken sounds. Produced eventually in baritone, tenor, alto and soprano models ...