manzello
(mænˈzɛləʊ)
[Origin uncertain.]
A musical instrument resembling a soprano saxophone.
| 1962 Melody Maker 7 July 7/3 The manzello, which he uses frequently in solos, sounds rather like a soprano while the stritch is somewhere in the tenor range. 1966 New Statesman 4 Nov. 677/1 On manzello he [sc. Roland Kirk] echoes some of Sidney Bechet's canary-yellow flights. 1969 Daily Tel. 15 Feb. 15/1 Kirk's solo ability on flute, tenor saxophone, manzello and stritch. |