Saxophone Recordings (Historic)

Saxophone Recordings (Historic) Evidently the earliest person to record the saxophone (sax) was a woman, Bessie Meeklens, who made 12 Edison wax cylinders with piano accompaniment on 23 Apr 1892. Her first number was “Ave Maria.” Eugene Coffin was the earliest Columbia saxophonist, performing “Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep” and seven other pieces in 1896. Jean-Baptiste Moeremans, of the United States Marine Band, recorded ca. 1899 for Columbia cylinders, doing The Heart Bowed Down(#12700)…