The Devil\'s Horn

From Adolphe Sax's workshop of the 1840's to the legendary era of jazz and bebop| it was forbidden by Nazis and Communists and banned by the Pope - graduallyconquering all music genres. Throughout its 170-year history the saxophone has been both the most seductive and most feared instrument. Award-winning Canadianfilmmaker Larry Weinstein illuminates and mythologizes the story of the saxophone| featuring its most legendary players as well as astonishing discoveries. TheDevil's Horn explores the sax's longstanding curse that stemmed from the difficult life of its mad inventor| and is still said to affect saxophonists who fall preyto the instrument's dark powers.