Invented in the early 1840s, the saxophone was a relative latecomer to music—and to jazz. But starting in the mid-1920s, with the rise of the big bands, the instrument slowly but steadily evolved from ...
The cover art for Silver’s 1961 Blue Note Doin’ the Thing Born in 1928, Silver made his recording debut backing tenor saxophonist Stan Getz in 1950. A gig in ’51 as the house pianist at the ...