[Dixielandjazz] c melody saxes

[Cebuisle2 at aol.com]

I had always heard that the C melody sax was popular because the player  
could read the piano music over the keyboard man's shoulder. Reminds me of a  high 
school band director years ago, who complained to me about a girl who  
couldn't play her alto sax in tune. The director had the instrument checked out,  no 
one could find a problem with it. You guessed the rest-it was a C melody the  
student had gotten from her deceased grandpa's attic. She was playing  about 
a third apart from the rest of her section! 
                                                                              
                tradjazz