The Saxophone is the Instrument That is Most Like the Human Voice

Vocalist, Billie Holiday and saxophonist, Lester Young were practically inseparable for a time. The music that they created in 1936 and 1937 speaks to us today, as strongly as it did 90 plus years ago. Derek Zinger and David Basse, for this edition of Deep into Jazz, as they discuss the saxophone and the innovators that shaped the way we feel about jazz today. The voice of the horn is in so many ways the voice of jazz.