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Columbia Saxophone Sextette

The Columbia Saxophone Sextette (originally credited as Saxo Sextette) released 46 titles for [l=Columbia] between early 1917 and 1921. The Saxo Sextette was Columbia's answer to Victor's immensely popular [a=Six Brown Brothers (2)]. It comprised three altos, a tenor, a baritone, and a bass saxophone. The first 6 titles were recorded in November 1916, but apparently with mixed results, because none of these takes was ever released. Further recording sessions in January and February 1917 proved more satisfactory, and the first ten titles came out in late April 1917 ("Bull Frog Blues" and "Swanee Ripples" on Columbia A2194, "American Patrol" and "Call of a Nation" on Columbia A2195, "Policy King March" and "All Blues Medley" on Columbia A2196, "Katinka" and "Poor Butterfly" on Columbia A2203, and "Miss Springtime" and "Follow Me" on Columbia A2205).