AAJ contributor Randall Robinson sat down recently with longtime Marin county saxophonist Jack Schaeffer who, since the 1970s, has frequently been showcased at San Francisco and Sausalito nightclubs, and is a staple of Mill Valley's Sweetwater Inn, where the saxophonist's AnExchange Quartet played its first gig. Still playing these many years later, Schaeffer frequently gigs with his Hot House Swing Band.
“Saxist Jack," as he is affectionately known, has piqued interest and curiosity with his conversion, invention or, perhaps, contraption, the tiple-styled multi-string instrument Schaeffer has named Strumbola.
To find out more about Schaeffer's evolution of this unique support instrument, check out Jack Schaeffer: Strumbola at AAJ today!
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