Tedje, varitonenmuziek!

December 19th, 2007 by waar

What started out as a torture device invented for the US army turned out to be an interesting application for horn instruments, mostly used in jazz in the 60’s & 70’s. Saxophonists played with these electronics with mixed results, but other horn players didn’t use the technology.

tEDJE

Eddie Harris with Varitone sax.

The next recording was made in San Francisco in ‘81 with Jimmy Smith on Hammond B3.
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