With the arrival of Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young and Charlie Parker on the Jazz Scene as it transitioned from Swing to Bop, the saxophone began to challenge the trumpet, which Louis “Pops” Armstrong made famous, as the instrument of choice among aspiring Jazz musicians.
Through a collection of articles, interviews and commentaries on individual Jazz saxophonists, these three volumes tell the story of that transition and bring it up to current time.
It’s all here: each volume has over 45 chapters and 350+ pages about the important Jazz saxophonists from 1925-2025. In combination: 139 chapters and 1,135 pages!
The chapters can be read independently, at your leisure, and all three volumes in the series are available as a paperback, eBook and audio book exclusively at Amazon.com. Just search my name under books.
Now that the initial production costs have been met, I am donating 50% of my royalties to the local school districts to help individual students purchase musical instruments.
Thank you for your support.