He’s made the sax sound good, which no other legit sax player has done.” In the 19203, onetime Schoolteacher Mule served in the Garde Républicaine. which has France’s finest military band.

Sarah Hanahan is a young alto saxophonist who has always been sure of her connection to the instrument. “I remember playing it for the first time,” she says. “I never squeaked and squawked ...