September Saxophone Extravaganza

Sept. 3-30, Chris' Jazz Café, 1421 Sansom St., 215-568-3131, chrisjazzcafe.com.

by Shaun Brady

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Published: Aug 27, 2008

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Distill jazz into one iconic image, and you'd almost have to arrive at the saxophone. It's the instrument most associated with the music in its modern guise, and has been since the days when big swing bands yielded to the fiery blowing sessions of bebop. The argument could be made for trumpet, and a persuasive one at that: It really was there first, and was the axe of choice for Pops himself, the man at whose feet the rest of jazz history has to worship. But the horn has other associations, from Gabriel to reveille, and has to be played with a force that can't paint the picture of cool necessary to capture jazz's essence. So Chris' Jazz Café is dedicating the month of September to Adolphe Sax's whim, featuring a different saxman every night, from young innovators Chris Potter, Marcus Strickland, John Ellis and Donny McCaslin to local faves like Bootsie Barnes and Bobby Zankel.

Sept. 3-30, Chris' Jazz Café, 1421 Sansom St., 215-568-3131, chrisjazzcafe.com.

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