LOVE this. Bloomberg's Mike Jordan writes:
The saxophone enjoyed center stage in American music before a drought in popularity starting in the 1990s. But recent signs suggest that the instrument has shed its cheeseball stigma and regained a place in pop culture.
Popular recent sax-forward acts have grown large audiences on social media from sharing recordings of gigs and impromptu public performances. Even regular consumers are finding their way back to the sax as a hobby that lets them unplug from life online.
The Saxophone Is No Longer Pop Music’s Punchlinebloomberg.comThe saxophones are indeed getting louder. The once-maligned woodwind is back on hit records and social media, while a new generation picks it up.