Episode 43.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Curious Case of Adolphe Sax and his Saxophone

If the history of the saxophone's invention had a soundtrack, it certainly wouldn't be smooth jazz.  An inventor that just wouldn't quit, despite the world doing its best to stop him in his tracks.  Blunt force trauma, poisoning, drowning, viciously jealous rivals, and a giant cannon.

 

The Cornu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IlZgj2FAHA&ab_channel=AbrahamCupeiro

The Shofar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJwfsYxDgJ4&ab_channel=Word-Spirit-Life

The Pentatonic Scale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne6tB2KiZuk&ab_channel=WorldScienceFestival

 

Peter's song pick:: Hell by Clown Core
https://open.spotify.com/track/3iNJUrTTqODoKapRzameCI

 

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