Saxophones - November 6

Cool Woodwind Learning

Thursday, November 6, 2025

Today is Basketball Day, Button Day, National Nachos Day, Men Make Dinner Day, and Saxophone Day.

Native American Heritage Month Resource of the Day - Navajo Shaker Dance
Drum Month Resource of the Day -  Pitch: Super Sounding Drums

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  SAXOPHONES

ON THIS DATE

  • 1947 - Meet the Press, the longest-running TV program in history, makes its debut.
  • 2012 - Barack Obama defeats Mitt Romney and wins reelection. 
  • 2012 - Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay individual to be elected to the U.S. Senate

BIRTHDAYS

  • 1814 - Belgian inventor of the saxophone, Adolphe Sax
  • 1854 - Composer and bandleader John Philip Sousa
  • 1861 - Inventor of basketball James Naismith
  • 1946 - Actor Sally Field
  • 1948 - Musician Glenn Frey
  • 1988 - Actor Emma Stone

SONGS OF THE DAY 

  • Glen Fry - The Heat is On - LISTEN
  • John Coltrane - Equinox - LISTEN

THEME: SAXOPHONES

  • Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Put Down the Duckie (5:10) - VIEW
  • Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - It Takes A Street Song with Hoots (2:39) - VIEW
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - INDIE ALASKA - I am a Sixteen-Year-Old Saxophone Sensation (5:47) -  VIEW
  • Grade 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Sound Field - How Charlie Parker Changed Jazz Forever (11:46) - VIEW
  • Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Go Get Your Horn (22:13) - VIEW
  • Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Jazz 24/7 - Jazz Conversations - Alexa Tarantino  (27:55) - VIEW
  • Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Jazz 24/7 - Jazz Conversations - Bill Pierce (34:04) - VIEW
  • Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Conversation with Kirk Whalum (27:25) - VIEW

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