Adolphe Sax, saxophone inventor, finally gets his due in Belgium

2014/02/09 07:57:07 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

Adolphe Sax, who revolutionised jazz and blues with his invention of the saxophone, is finally getting the recognition he is due in his native Belgium, 200 years after his birth. A bicentenary exhibition has just opened in the Museum of Musical Instruments in Brussels, a stunning art deco building just across the road from the permanent display of works by Magritte, another famous Belgian son. Born in the picturesque town of Dinant on the banks of the Meuse south of Brussels, the young Adolphe was accident prone, nearly drowning and also surviving a tumble down some stairs, as well as drinking varnish used by his father, a well-known maker of musical instruments. The music world was lucky too -- without the saxophone, would there have been a John Coltrane, Sidney Bechet, Charlie & quot;Bird & quot; Parker or a Stan Getz to work their magic?
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