The saxophone book

The Saxophone Book: everything you need to know about the "nickel pipe" The Saxophone Book, the English edition of the bestselling by Italian sax virtuoso Mario Marzi, is a carefully researched and illustrated volume, written by one of the great performers of our time. With over 750 photos and musical examples, the book offers a comprehensive history of the instrument and an overview of its repertoire. The birth of the instrument and its inventor, Adolphe Sax; the evolution of the "nickel pipe"; its most important performers, the Golden age: 1921-1955, the modern saxophone family, with its characteristics and repertoire, with more than 100 pages dedicated teaching the sax; the saxophone in jazz; the acoustics of the instrument; a history of women and the saxophone.