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In 2004, Paul Lindemeyer posted an MP3 to the Sax On The Web Forum of a radio program by the Boston Saxophone Sextet from 1939. It was taken from a radio transcription disc. The broadcast was sponsored by the Federal Music Project of the depression-era Works Progress Administration (WPA). The group was led by Perley Stevens, an accomplished sax & clarinet player who led his own orchestra in the 1920’s.

 

The program features the following selections:

(The saxophone players pictured above are unknown. Photo from the WNYC webpage on the WPA Federal Music Project, where several other episodes can be heard.)