CBC Recording Artists · Established 1991
The Royal City Saxophone Quartet
Ragtime · Classics · Jazz | Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Media & Gallery
Six Brown Brothers — Historical Image Gallery
Featuring rare historical photographs of Canada’s pioneering saxophone ensemble
The Six Brown Brothers were a pioneering Canadian saxophone ensemble who toured North America from 1903 to 1933, helping spark the saxophone craze of the 1920s.
The Royal City Saxophone Quartet proudly celebrates their legacy through the CD Smiles & Chuckles and these rare archival images.
The Six Brown Brothers — Canada’s pioneering saxophone ensemble
The Six Brown Brothers in performance costume
The Six Brown Brothers — archival image
Most photos courtesy of Dr. Bruce Vermazen, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley —
author of That Moaning Saxophone: The Story of the Six Brown Brothers (Oxford University Press).
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The Royal City Saxophone Quartet
P.O. Box 2896
Elora, Ontario
Canada N0B 1S0