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The Devil's Horn: The Story of the Saxophone, from Noisy Novelty to King of Cool
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Manufacturer: Picador
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 788.7
EAN: 9780312425579
ISBN: 0312425570
Label: Picador
Manufacturer: Picador
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: 2006-08-22
Publisher: Picador
Release Date: 2006-08-22
Studio: Picador
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:
A Personal Tribute to the Saxophone -
In this book Michael Segell gives a fantantastic personal tribute to the saxophone. Not only does he look at the beginnings of the saxophone with interesting anecdotes about Adolphe Sax but he delves into many aspects of saxophone playing. He interviews many great saxophonists (both classical and jazz), that gives the reader an interesting insight into their personalities that they may not be able to get anywhere else. A great read that makes you fall in love with the saxophone all over again.
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The Devil's Horn - 
This is the best book I've read yet, concerning the actual saxophone and its characteristics. It's full of useful, original, amusing points and pieces, guaranteed to educate, inform and encourage the playing reader.
surprising -
I bought a hardcover book a few years ago and read it during my holiday. I now bought it as a gift to surprise a sick colleage.
It's a book that is written in a flexibel style and holds a lot of historic facts that I did not yet now....... a must have !
No more flawed than the Saxophone itself. -
A fabulously enjoyable read! Terrific research and journalism!
If I may suggest... anyone who finds this book flawed should presently consider completing their union with Sigurd Rascher and Marcel Mule in body and spirit.
Great job, Mr. Segell! Thank you!
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Sax Appeal -
Michael Segell's book on the story of the instrument I play, the saxophone, is a real page-turner, like a good novel that you can't put down. Unlike other tomes on the saxophone, Segell has taken more of a chatty, non-academic approach and interspersed between the fascinating study and interviews with some of the greats on the saxophone, is his own story of learning to play himself. This adds an extra dimension to the study and Segell comes across like your best friend, you really care how his playing is going and you feel by the end of the book that you know him personally.
Segell's section on the trials and tribulations of Adolphe Sax, although much already known by this reviewer is nevertheless interesting and comes across like a report in a newspaper, getting to the nitty gritty of the atempted murder of Sax.
I have no hesitation in recommnending this book to my fellow musicians.
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