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BLOB_CASTLE · 4404 days ago · link · · parent · post: Your Daily Jazz History Lesson: Day 10 - Early New Orleans Jazz
The sax was invented in 1846. Withing jazz, one of the first famous saxophonist was Frank Trumbauer and he became popular around the 1920s. So to answer your question it took about 70 years after the sax's invention before it became mainstream. There were other sax players before then, but most switched over from clarinet around this time. It wasn't uncommon though for musicians to play clarinet at sax within the same song. This multi-instrumentalism can be see during musicals where sax players will also be asked to play clarinet. I've been playing upright and electric bass myself for about 9 and a half years now.