When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins

A very talented player and all around excellent musician. I love hearing his records on radio!

Only the French, I guess, really use tenor and alto to any great extent in the orchestra

You start way down on a low B flat on the tuba and you have a chromatic scale; you can match the colours all the way up, till you get to the top of the trumpet.

I would think, of all the saxophones, the baritone would be the most logical instrument if anybody was adding a voice to the symphony orchestra.

The baritone can serve functions that the alto and tenor cannot, in orchestral voicing

Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the 'twenties the tradition was two or three saxophones