A bridge in Paris, a full moon night.
A hat-wearing musician holding a saxophone, embarking on a languid romantic solo.
The image is one of the most enduring clichés of the 1980s. It illustrated many video clips and commercials of the time.
To the point of disgusting an entire generation of an instrument that has become outdated overnight.
In 1984, George Michael opened one of his greatest hits -
Careless Whisper
- with a powerful sax chorus without anyone finding fault with it.
Then, gradually, the instrument disappeared from radar and pop productions.
If it has kept its aura intact in the world of jazz, the sax has started to grow smaller with the general public.
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It was not until the turn of the century that the instrument returned, with small steps in the landscape.
In the song
Playground Love
, composed by the French group Air for the film
Virgin Suicides
by Sofia Coppola, we find multiple choruses of a sax played
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