#saxophone

Author: Maria Popova / Source: Brain Pickings “All truth is comprised in music and mathematics,” Margaret Fuller wrote as she was spearheading the Transcendentalist movement and laying the groundwork for what would later be called feminism. A century and a half after Fuller, theoretical

Philadelphia Eagles offensive lineman Jason Kelce is a legend for lots of the reasons: The Super Bowl speech, the Mummers outfit for the Super Bowl parade, the beard itself. But lesser known fact about Kelce is that he can rip on the baritone saxophone. Back in high school, between giving out snaps

Source: Futility Closet Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone, was alarmingly accident-prone as a child: Before he was two, he fell headlong down three flights of stairs and cracked his head on a stone floor. When only three he almost expired through drinking a mixture of vitriol and water in

Author: Good News Network / Source: Good News Network A saxophone player received a round of applause from unlikely fans, while in a strange position: as he lay on the operating table. Music teacher Dan Fabbio, 25, had been diagnosed with a benign brain tumor that had been growing slowly since