Manzello

"Manzello" is the name that Rahsaan Roland Kirk gave to an HN White King Saxello (Bb soprano saxophone) onto which he had affixed a mellophone bell. See also stritch.

References

• The Oxford Companion to Jazz, edited by Bill Kirchner Oxford Press (2000), p. 601
• The Saxophone Journal, "Vintage Saxophones Revisited" Column, by Paul Cohen (Fall, 1985)
• The Saxophone Journal, "Vintage Saxophones Revisited" Column, by Paul Cohen (Volume 18, 1993)
• Pete Hales, personal reference. See http://saxpics.com/?v=mod&modID=19