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What The Heck Is That? Odd Instruments In Jazz

What The Heck Is That? Odd Instruments In Jazz Hear Six Oddities Below Enlarge this image toggle caption Courtesy of the artist Courtesy of the artist Jazz is strange enough for some listeners. But that didn't stop Sidney Bechet from playing the sarrusophone, nor will it forestall the next modern jazz genius of the musical saw. After a century of jazz, some instruments endure — the piano, bass, drums and various wind instruments such as the saxophone, trumpet and trombone. But every now and then, there's a foreign sound that you never expected to hear playing jazz, including some of the instruments on these albums.

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