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Paulino said that Pérez’s saxophone player was killed in the incident.—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 8 Apr. 2025 He was famously plagued by a stream sniper known as Juul Trooper, who would wear a banana costume when seeking out Lengyel to kill him and then emote over his character’s dead body, usually by playing the saxophone while the creator screamed with rage.—Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2025 Gradually, the music mutates into something more alien: off-key chiming of a clock, percussive piano clanking and plucking, atonal saxophone solos that sound as if an instrument is being dropped.—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025 The jazz band includes some of the top young players in the state, led by teen saxophone virtuoso Kahlil Childs, who won the Jazz Excellence Organization’s Young Artist Grant.—San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for saxophone
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Etymology
French, from Antoine-Joseph (or Adolphe) Sax †1894 Belgian instrument maker + French -phone
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