1814 - Antoine-Joseph (Adolphe) Sax was born on November 6th, in Dinant, Belgium. He studied instrument making with his father, Charles-Joseph (1791-1865)
1842 - Sax establishes in Paris. - June 12th - Hector Berlioz, a close friend of Sax, writes an article in the Journal des Débats, describing the new invention of Sax : the saxophone.
1844 - The Saxophone is exposed for the 1st time at the Exposition Industrielle de Paris.
1844 - Februar 3rd - Berlioz conducts a concert featuring an arrangement of his choral work "Chant Sacré", including a low saxophone (baritone or bass, probably in C)

December - The saxophone (Bass) is introduced in the orchestra in Jean-Georges Kastner opera "Le dernier Roi de Juda" at the Paris Conservatory.
1845 - Sax proposes a complete rebuilding of the french military bands,  remplacing oboes, bassoons, and horns with saxhorns and saxophones in Bb and Eb, thus producing a more homogenous and richer sound. His idea is a success.

1846 - Sax is granted patent for the saxophone familly in Paris.

1846 - The first saxophone class is opended in the "Gymnase Militaire Musical" and the professor is the bassoonist Jean-François-Barthélémy Cokken. Cokken writes his «Méthode complète de saxophone». The class will close after 16 months with the revolution of februar 1848.

1846 - Jean-Georges Kastner "Variations Faciles et Brillantes" for solo alto saxophone & piano ; «Saxophone sextet» for 2 soprano, alto, 2 basses and contrebass (in C and in F). Both pieces published in his «Méthode Complète et raisonnée de Saxophone».

1852 - Solo (Sop) in «Santa Claus Symphony» by William Henry Fry

- Solo in «Le juif errant» by Fromental Halevy

1856 - First bankrupt of the Sax factory.
1858 - Sax becomes Professor of Saxophone in the militairy department of the Paris Conservatory.
1858 - Jean-Baptiste Singelée (1812-1875) writes the "First saxophone Quartet" (Op 53) of history, and the two first «solos de concert» for the Paris Conservatoiry’s Prize : "Concerto Op 57" (sop./ten.), and "Fantaisie" (bar.)

    - «The Royal Album» by Ali ben Soualle (Charles-Valentin Soualle) is premiered by the composer in London.

1859 - Birth of Sax’s first son, Adolphe-Edouard (who will later inherit his trade).
1861 - Wagner, instead of 12 horns, asks for saxophones and saxhorns in the orchestra pit for the Paris premiere of his opera Tannhauser.

1861 - «Caprice et variations» for Eb saxophone by Jean-Baptiste Arban (dedicated to A. Sax).
1862 - "Fantaisie sur un Thème Original" for alto sax by Jules Demerssemann (1833-1866) dédicated to Henri Wuille.

1864 - Solo for Baritone sax in «L’Africaine» by Meyerbeer (cr. Louis Mayeur)

1864 - «Fantaisie Op 102» by Jean-Baptiste Singelée for sax S & P°.
1865 - «Ave Maria» by Jules Demersseman (for Soprano voice, A sax, Tb, bass saxhorn Bb and contrabass saxhorn in C)

1866 - Sax’s patent expires - The Millereau company patents  the Saxophone-Millereau, comprising a F# side key - Buffet-Crampon begins producing Sax -patented saxophones.

1867 - Nazaire Beeckman becomes Professor of Saxophone in the Royal Brussels Conservatory.

1867 - Camille Saint-Saëns wins the Grand Prix de Rome with his cantata «Les Noces de Prométhée» with a saxophone.

1868 - A sax A solo in «Hamlet» by Ambroise Thomas
1868 - Gautrot (Pierre Louis & C°) imagins a screwed pads system and a  leak-free mechanism in the keys.

1869 - «Daniel», dramatic fantasy for A sax &  P° by Hyacinthe Klosé

1870 - Adolphe Sax class in the Conservatoire de Paris is closed (the militatry students are mobilized for the war). It will only reopen in 1942 with Marcel Mule.
1871 - Gustave Poncelet becomes Professor of Saxophone in the Royal Brussels Conservatory after Beeckman.
1872 - Premiere of Georges Bizet theater music for Daudet’s drama «L'Arlésienne», for 26 instruments. Due to the fiasco of the play, il adapts it for concert as a «Suite pour orchestre». The «2nd suite» will be adapted by Ernest Guiraud in 1879.

1873 - Adolphe Sax is bankrupt for the second time.

1873 - Patrick Gilmore (1829-1892) uses the saxophone in a military band for the 1st time in New York.
1875 - Goumas patents a key system for saxophones similar to the Boehm system of the clarinet.

1876 - Solo in the ballet «Sylvia» by Léo Délibes

1877 - Hyacinthe Klosé - "Méthode Complète de Saxophone" - "Méthode Élémentaire" (A/T). Versions for B (1879) et S (1881).

1877 - Solo in «Le Roi de Lahore» by Massenet
1879 - Quartet «Allegro de concert» by Caryl Florio

    - "Bravura" for sopranino sax & piano by A. Grimal
1880 - Amédée Couesnon takes over the Gautrot company, in Château-Thierry
1881 - "Hérodiade" by Jules Massenet : 2 saxes AT.
1881- Sax extends his original patent by extending the bell to include low Bb & A ; he also extends the high register to F# & G with the use of a fourth octave key.

1882 - «Françoise de Rimini» by Ambroise Thomas (1A)

1883 - Solo in «Henry VIII» by Camille Saint-Saëns 

1884 - «L’auréole» fantaisie for A & P° by Bouillon.

1885 - First saxophone built in the USA by Gus Buescher, after the Sax patent.

1885 - 4 saxes in «Hulda» opera by César Franck

1886 - L'Association Des Ouvriers invents a right hand trill key of C, and a half-hole system for the first fingers of both hands.
1887 - Evette et Schaeffer proposes an improvement of G# such as the key can be maintained while the other fingers of right hand move, improvement of side F#, invention of Bb plateau, addition of a low Bb - L'Association Des Ouvriers invents the tuning ring.

1888 - Gustave Charpentier includes 2 saxes SA in «La vie du poète» and one A in «Impressions d’Italie»

1888 - Lecomte invents the automatic octave key, the passage rolls between low Eb and C. Conn Produces its first series of «Wonder» saxophones , conceived by Eduard Lefèbre. Gus Buescher quits Conn to found his own company.

1890 - The first Conn Band Instruments saxophones are produiced by Gus Buescher

1890 - First known recordings of the saxophone

1891 - 3 saxophones included in Albéric Magnard «Première Symphonie»
1892 - "Werther" by Jules Massenet.

1893 - 3rd january - Birth of Rudy Wiedoeft in Detroit.
1894 - Death of Adolphe Sax, Paris. Death of Louis Mayeur, sax solo at  the Opéra de Paris.

1895 - "Fervaal" by Vincent d’Indy : SAT.

1896 - Eugene Coffin plays on the first Columbia saxophone recordings.
1897 - Creation of Storyville.
1901 - 29th January, the «Divertissement espagnol» by Charles Loeffler is the first of the commissions premiered by Elise Hall at the Copley Hall of Boston.
1901 - Elise Hall commissions a "Rapsodie Mauresque" to Claude Debussy.
1901 - Birth of Marcel Mule in Aube (Orne, France) on 24th june.

1902 - Paul Gilson (1865-1942) writes for Elise Hall what he thinks to be the  "First Concerto" for saxophone.
1903 - The score of "Symphonia Domestica" by Richard Strauss includes 4 (optionnal) saxophones in C & in F : Soprano, alto, baritone and bass.
1903 - Elise Hall commissions the "Choral Varié" by Vincent D'Indy, which she will premiere on January 4rth, 1904 in Copley Hall, Boston.
1903 - "Légende" by André Caplet for sax & 9 instruments (to Elise Hall).
1904 - Birth of Coleman Hawkins in Saint Joseph, Missouri.

1905 : Eugène Van Doren opens the Vandoren reed manufacture.

1906 - Creation of the Pierret Company.
1906 - 2nd January, Elise Hall premieres the "Légende op 54" for saxophone & orchestra by Georges Sporck.

1907 - Henry Martin’s sons quit Conn to build the Martin company.
1907 - «Andante, Fugue et Final» by Raymond Moulaert, for saxophone quartet

1908 - "Universal Method" pour saxophone by Paul de Ville is published by Carl Fisher.

1908 - «2 Quartette op 23» by Gustav Bumcke.

1909 - Birth of Lester Young in Woodville, Mississipi.
1911 - H. Benne Henton is the 1st American to play a solo with altissimo notes (cadence in "Eleven O'clock")
1911 - "Siberia", symphonic poem by Henri Woollett, premiered by Elise Hall.
1914 - 1st presence of saxophone in jazz bands. (Sam Dutry, John Joseph, Luis Russell, Paul Barnes) - Creation of the Minstrels group «The Brown Brothers saxophone sextet», which popularise saxophone in the american public with recordings such as : Bullfrog Blues, Chicken Walk, etc.

1914 - «Les Dionysiaques» by Florent Schmitt for wind band (with AATTBB,Bs) premiered by the Garde républicaine in 1925.
1915 - "Suite" by Gabriel Grovlez (1879-1944) dédicated to Elise Hall.

1916 - First King saxophones produced by H.N. White Company
1916 - Rudy Wiedoeft records his first saxophone record.
1916 - "Symphony No. 4"  by Charles Ives : 1 saxophone (baritone, optional) .
1917 - "Foundation of Saxophone Playing" by Benjamin Vereecken is published by Carl Fisher.
1917 - 2 saxophones (A, T/B) in «Le Prince de Bois» by Béla Bartok.

1918 - "Légende Op 66" by Florent Schmitt (Elise Hall commission).
1918 - Percy Grainger uses a saxophone section for the first time in his compositions : "Over the hills and Far away", et "Children's March". (S,A,T,B,Bs)
1919 - 11th March, prmiere of Debussy’s Rapsodie (By Yves Mayeur).

1920 - Birth of Charlie «Bird» Parker in Kansas City.

1920 - «Fantaisie Mauresque» by François Combelle (à Elise Hall).
1922 - Série 22 and Modèle 22 : the first saxophones produced by Selmer

1922 - The alto saxophone is used in Ravel’s orchestration of the "Pictures of an exhibition" by Moussorgsky.

1923 - Birth of Dexter Gordon in Los Angeles.
1923 - Darius Milhaud uses a solo alto saxophone in his ballet "La création du monde"

- Franz Schreker includes a C-melody saxophone (doubling alto, tenor and soprano) in «Vom Ewigen Leben» for soprano (voice) and orchestra

- 3 saxes (2A, T) in «Rhapsody in Blue» by George Gershwin

1924 - Production of the King Saxello (semi-curved soprano sax).

1924 - "Danse" by Jean Cras (1879-1932) for sax quartet.

1924 - «Choro n°7 - Settimino» by Heitor Villa-Lobos fl ob cl A,bn vn vc, tm-tm
1926 - 31th January, Jascha Gurewich (1896-1938) gives the first concert of serious music for saxophone in l'Aeolian Hall, New York.

1926 - Birth of John Coltrane in Hamlet, North Carolina.

1926 - 1 A sax in Puccini’s opera "Turandot" - Also one tenor in «Cardillac» by Paul Hindemith

1926 - «Concerto in E minor» by Jascha Gurewich

1927 - Production by Buescher of the straight alto, of the «tipped bell» soprano and of the straight (!) baritone.
1927 - Ravel uses saxophones in the score of his "Boléro" (Sino in F, sop., tenor). On the premiere, Marcel Mule plays on soprano both the sopranino and  soprano parts - "Job" by Ralph Vaughan Williams (alto) - Premiere of «Johny spielt auf» by Ernst Krenek in Leipzig.
1928 - Conn produces his models of F saxophones : the Mezzo-soprano and the Conn-O-Sax.

1928 - Marcel Mule establishes the Quatuor de la Garde Republicaine de Paris with members of the band.

1928 - Birth of Eric Dolphy in Los Angeles.

1928 - "An American in Paris" by George Gershwin (alto,ténor, bari) - "First Symphony" by Aaron Copland (alto)
1928 - "Trio op 47" for va, T et P° by Paul Hindemith - Quintette for A sax and string quartet by Adolf Busch.

1929 - The economic crisis rings the end of the golden age of the saxophone. American firms recenter on the production of standard instruments : the C and F instruments dissapear.

1929 - Adolphe Sax (son’s) company is bought by Selmer.

1929 - Composition of the dodecaphonic one act opera «Von Heute auf Morgen» by Schoenberg. Premiered in Frankfurt the next year. 1 B sax.

1929 - Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933) composes his «25 Caprices» and his «Atonal Sonata» for solo Saxophone A (+S)- «Saxophon’-Marmelade» de Manuel Rosenthal pour sax A et P° (à Jules Viard).

1930 - Birth of Sonny Rollins in New York, of Ornette Coleman in Fort Worth (TX).
1930 - Anton Webern (1883-1945) writes the "Quartett op 22" for vn, Cl, T, P°
1930 - Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942) composes "Hot-Sonate op 70" for A, P°

1931 - Ch. Houvenaghel  devises the Leblanc «Rationel» system.
1932 - Alexandre Glazounov composes the «Quatuor Op. 109» for the Garde Républicaine’s quartet.
1932 - Harvey Pittel is born on June 22nd, Eugene Rousseau born in Blue Island, Illinois on August 23rd, Jean-Marie Londeix born in Libourne, on September 20th.
1932, 3rd October - Sigurd Rascher’s carrier debut with the premiere of the Concerto by Von Borck in Hanover - Sonata by Jacobi written for Rascher.
1933 - "Konzertstück" for 2 alto saxes by Paul Hindemith (to Rascher). It will be premiered ... only in 1964, by Sigurd & Carina Rascher.
1934 - Sigurd Rascher premieres the «Concerto en mi b» by Glazounov in Sweden on 25th november, and the next day (26/11/1934), the «Konsert för Saxofon» by Lars-Erik Larsson in Stockholm.

1934 - In the film «L’Atalante» by Jean Vigo, music by Maurice Jaubert , and saxophone solos by Marcel Mule.

1935 - Birth of Frederick Hemke on 11th July - of Roland Kirk in Columbus, Ohio.
1935 - Sigurd Rascher premieres the integrale version of the "Concertino da Camera" by Jacques Ibert - Marcel Mule premieres the "Concerto" by Pierre Vellones - " Petit quatuor " by Jean Françaix is written for the Garde Républicaine’s quartet - «Suite für Altsaxophon und Klavier» by Paul Dessau (reconstituted in 1989 by Detlev Bensmann)

1935 - Solo of T sax in the ballet «Roméo & Juliet» by Serge Prokofiev. The ballet will not be premiered, neither at Kirov, nor at Bolchoï. Prokofiev will adapt 2  dance suites in 1936 and a 3rd in 1946. Premiere of the ballet in Brno, 1938.

1936 - Birth of Albert Ayler in Cleveland.

1936 - Selmer produces the «Balanced action» series by redrawing the low-notes plateau system, and placing the low keys on the right of the instrument.

1936 - Posthumous premiere of the «Concerto to the memory of an angel» for violin by Alban Berg, with an interesting part for A sax (doubling 4th cl).
1937 - Birth of Donald Sinta in Detroit, June 16th.

1937 - Larry Teal premieres the "Sonata" by Bernard Heiden on April 8th.
1937 - "Epitaph to Jean Harlow" for fl, A et P° by Charles Koechlin.
1937 - "Introduction et variations sur une ronde populaire" by Gabriel Pierné (au quatuor M. Mule).

1938 - The poster of Krenek’s opera «Johny spielt auf» is parodied for   Goebels’ exhibition on «The Degenerate Art».

1938 - Birth of Fela Kuti in Abeokuta (Nigeria).

1938 - "Grave et Presto" by Jean Rivier (au quatuor M. Mule) - Sigurd Rascher premieres the "Ballade" by Frank Martin.
1938 - Arthur Honegger’s Mystère Lyrique «Jeanne au bûcher» includes 3 saxophones. Premiere in Basel - Prokofiev’s music for Eisenstein’s film «Alexander Nevski», including saxophones, is also a Cantata.

1939 - Arnold Brillhart begins to design and produce mouthpieces (he was also a jazz saxophonist).
1939 - Paul Hindemith and Paul Creston both compose their "Sonata" for alto saxophone and piano.
1939 - Original Versions of Elliott Carter’s "Canonic Suite" for 4 alto sax (later for 4 clarinets) and of «Quiet City» by Aaron Copland for tp, cl, A, P° (later for trumpet, english horn and strings)
1940 - Rudy Wiedoeft dies in Queens, NY on February 18th.
1940 - «Symphonic Dances» by Serguei Rachmaninov, with a marvelous alto sax solo.

1941 - "Concerto" for Alto sax & orchestra by Henry Brant (to Sigurd Rascher) - "Quatuor Op 102" by Florent Schmitt (to the Quatuor Marcel Mule).
1942 - Marcel Mule is appointed Professor of Saxophone in the Conservatoire de Paris.

1942 - Stan Getz (1927-1991) begins his professionnal carrier as jazz saxophonist.
1942 - "Andante et Scherzetto" for saxophone quartet by Pierre Lantier.
1943 - "18 Exercises after Berbiguier" are published by Marcel Mule at Leduc. he will then republish Ferling, and his series of virtuosity studies.
1943 - Alexandre Tcherepnine composes his "Sonatine Sportive" - «Première Sonatine» by Charles Koechlin for Hautbois d’amour or Soprano sax and 9 instruments.

1945 - 5 saxophone parts SAATTB in Igor Stravinsky’s "Ebony Concerto", dedicated to Woody Hermann.
1947 - Birth of jazz saxophonist Jan Garbarek in Norway.
1948 - Birth of the saxophonist and composer Ryo Noda in Amagasaki, Japan October 17th.

1948 - Coleman Hawkins records the first (absolute) saxophone solo : Picasso.
1948 - Heitor Villa-Lobos composes "Fantasia Op. 630" for Marcel Mule - Sonatine for alto sax & piano by Claude Pascal (for Marcel Mule).
1949 - Gerry Mulligan and Lee Konitz participate to the album "Birth of the Cool" by Miles Davis - Birth of Michael Brecker in Philadelphia.

1949 - Concerto for alto sax and orchestra by Henri Tomasi (for Marcel Mule) - Premiere of Luigi Dallapiccola’s opera «Il prigioniero» (2 sax).

1950 - Beginning of the production of the King Super 20 - The first Grafton plastic saxophones are sold (patented by Ettore Sommaruga in 1945).

1950 - «Quartet» for tp, sax T, P° and perc. by Stefan Wolpe.
1951 - Concertino by Günther Raphaël (to J. de Vries) - Sonate for A sax & P° by Eduard Tubin.

1952 - Michel Nouaux is the first saxophonist to win the 1rst Prize in the Concours d’Éxécution Musicale of Genève, and still the only one today.

1953 - Larry Teal appointed Professor of Saxophone at University of Michigan, Dearborn.
1953 - "Fantaisie-Impromptu" by André Jolivet for alto sax & piano.
1954 - Yanagisawa begins its saxophone production (with the T3 tenor).

1954 - «Musique de Concert» by Marius Constant

1955 - Charlie "Bird" Parker dies in New York on March 12th.

1955 - Villa-Lobos rewrites his «Sexteto místico» composed in 1917 and lost. Brasilian premiere in 1957 - The «Tableaux de Provence» by Paule Maurice for A/P° are dedicated to Marcel Mule.

1955 - Premiere of «Prelude Fugue and Riffs» by Leonard Bernstein. The central fugue is entirely dedicated to the sax quintet (AATTB). Commissioned by Woody Hermann (1949), Benny Goodman will premiere a modified version.

1955 - «Concerto for A sax , trumpet, and string orchetra» by Jean Rivier.

1956 - Frederick Hemke is the first foreigner saxophonist to be granted First Prize of Saxophone in the Paris Conservatory.
1956 - "Piccolo, saxo et compagnie" by André Popp
1956 - Beginning of production of Selmer Mark VI.

1956 - Alfred Desenclos composes "Prélude, Cadence et Finale" for the Paris Conservatory  Prize (dedicated to M. Mule).
1957 - Sonny Rollins publishes «Saxophone Colossus».

1957 - Production of  Buffet-Crampon’s Super-Dynaction.

1957 - Premiere of «West side story» by Leonard Bernstein : 5 saxes (SATBBs)
1958 - John Coltrane publishes "Giant Steps".
1958 - Erland Von Koch compose le "Concerto" pour sax A et orchestre.
1959 - "Take Five" by Paul Desmond, is published on the album "Time Out" by the Dave Brubeck Quartet.
1959 - Jean-Marie Londeix premieres Pierre-Max Dubois’ Concerto in Bordeaux
1959 - Jazz tenor saxophonist Lester Young dies in New York on March 15th.
1960 - «Quintette» by Alphonse Stallaert for A sax and string quartet (to Georges Gourdet)

1961 - "Serenissima - Sette canzoni Veneziane" by Gian Francesco Malipiero for alto sax & large orchestra - "Concerto" by Jorge Peixinho for saxophone & large orchestra.
1961 - "Tre Pezzi" by Giacinto Scelsi - «Petite Suite» by Walter Hartley (to Fred Hemke)
1962 - «Six Barefoot Dances» by John David Lamb (to Sigurd Rascher)
1963 - Henry Mancini’s music for the film «The Pink Panther» by Blake Edwards contributes largely to its success. On tenor sax : Plas Johnson.

1963 - "The Art of Saxophone Playing" by Larry Teal - Gustav Bumcke, german professor and composer dies - Fred Hemke appointed professor at Northwestern University of Chicago.
1963 - Premiere of  Bernd-Alois Zimmermann’s opera «Die Soldaten» (1A).
1964 - "A Love Supreme" by John Coltrane

1964 - Death of Eric Dolphy in Berlin.

1964 - "Sonatine bucolique" by Henri Sauguet (to JM Londeix).

1964 - "Quatuor" by Alfred Desenclos (to 4or M. Mule).
1965 - N. Brightman premieres the "Concerto for Tenor Sax" by B. Tuthill.
1967 - John Coltrane dies on July 17th.
1967 - DiPasquale’s  "Sonata" is published.
1967 - "Reed Phase" by Steve Reich (premiered by Jon Gibson).
1968 - "Partita op 99" by Aloïs Hâba for alto sax solo (to Sigurd Rascher).
1968 - Mule retires from Paris Conservatoire - Daniel Deffayet is appointed Pr.
1968 - "Music for Saxophone and Piano" by Leslie Bassett is published.
1968 - "Gradus" by Phil Glass is dédicated to Jon Gibson.

1968 - «Domaines» by Pierre Boulez for solo clarinet and 6 instrumental groups includong 1 A sax.
1969 - Formation of the Rascher Saxophone Quartet by Sigurd and Carina Rascher, Bruce Weinberger and Linda Bangs.
1969 - "Music for Tenor Sax" by M.W. Karlins  (to Fred Hemke)
1969 - "Solo" by Bernard Heiden (to Eugene Rousseau).
1969 - 19th May, death of Coleman Hawkins in New York.
1969 December - 1rst World Saxophone Congress in Chigago ; organised by Paul Brodie and Eugene Rousseau.
1970 - "Sonate" by Edison Denisov (to JM Londeix) - Trent Kynaston premieres the "Sonata, op. 29" by Muczynski.

1970 - Mysterious death of Albert Ayler in New York.
1971 - Beginning Studies in Altissimo by Rosemary Lang (revised 1978)

1971 - The «Association des saxophonistes de France» (AsSaFra) is created on the impulse of Jean-Marie Londeix (1st instrumental association in the world)
1971 - Ryo Noda writes «Improvisation 1» for JM Londeix
1971 - Eugene Rousseau’s record "Saxophone Concertos" is published.

1972 - Gato Barbieri (T) composes and plays the music of the film «Un dernier Tango à Paris» by Bernardo Bertolucci
1972 - William Duckworth’s "Pitt County Excursions" (to Jim Houlik, tenor)
1972 - Larry Teal publishes "Daily Studies for the Development of Saxophone technique"

1973 - Production of Buffet-Crampon’s S1 series.
1973 - "Vue sur les jardins interdits" SATB by Henri Pousseur (to François Daneels 4tet). Later transcribed for organ, voices or other instruments.
1973 - "Chant Premier" for tenor sax & P° by Marcel Mihalovici (to Guy Lacour).
1974 - 4rth World Sax Congress in Bordeaux (organised by JM Londeix).

1974 - «Sève» by Jean-Pierre Leguay for A sax and P° (to René Decouais)
1974 - Larry Teal retires from University of Michigan - Donald Sinta succeeds.
1975 - Death of Cannonball Adderley, and of Darius Milhaud.
1975 - For «L’histoire d’Adèle H», François Truffaut chooses several film musics composed by Maurice Jaubert. With solo alto sax : André Beun.

1976 - «Paradigms I» by R. Caravan is published.
1976 - Production of the Selmer Mark VII, with standard high F#.

1977 - 30th May, Death of Paul Desmond and of Roland Kirk, Bloomington, IN.
1977 - Sigurd Rascher’s last concert.
1977 - Lynn Klock premieres the «Sonata» for B sax & P° by W. Hartley.
1978 - "Périple" for T sax solo by Paul Méfano (to Jean-Louis Chautemps).
1978 - "Le frène égaré" by François Rossé (to JM Londeix).
1979 - "Distances Within Me" by John Anthony Lennon (to James Forger)
1979 - "Symphony n°16" by Allan Petterson (to Fred Hemke) : a concertant symphoniy for alto saxophone and orchestra of 25'.
1979 - "Concertante" by Marius Constant for A sax & orchestra (commissionned by the AsSaFra).

1976 - Production of Yanagisawa’s curved soprano, rapidly adopted as a pedagogical instrument for very young students.

1977 - Création of  the «Bordeaux International saxophone Ensemble»
1980 - "Arabesque III" by Ichirô Nodaïra for A & P° (to Claude Delangle) - "EQ" by Jonty Harrison for S, tape & electronics (to John Harle).
1980 - "Wal" by Roland Moser for 5 saxes & heavy orchestra (to Ivan Roth).
1980 - Production of Yamaha’s YS62 saxophone series.

1980 - "Sonata" by Phil Woods (Kendor) (to Victor Morosco).

1980 - «Knabenduett» by Karlheinz Stockhausen (from «Michaels Heimkehr») for 2 soprano saxes, (to his son Simon).

1981 - Production of the Selmer S80 mouthpieces.

1981 - "Even ... the Loudest sky ..." for 4 saxes (S,A,S+T,S+B) by Bernardo Kuczer. Premiered by XASAX in Witten ... 1994 !!!.

1981 - "Points d'or" for 4 successive saxes & ensemble (without violins) by Betsy Jolas (commissionned by the AsSaFra) - "Linea d'ombra" by Magnus Lindberg for fl, A, g, perc (Pekka Savijoki).
1982 - "Multiphonics on the saxophone" by Daniel Kientzy (Salabert).
1982 - "Discours V" by Vinko Globokar (to the Mad Sax 2 quartet : Chautemps-Jeanneau-Mathé-Di Donato).
1982 - 7th WSC - in Nürnberg, Germany.
1984 - William Albright’s "Sonata"  for A & P° (to J. Wytko, D. Sinta & L. Hunter)
1984 - Larry Teal dies.
1984 - "Lilith" by William Bolcom for alto sax & piano (to Sinta,Wytko, Hunter & Connelly) - Jim Houlik premieres Schmidt’s tenor & P° "Sonata" 
1984 - "Opcit" by Philippe Hurel for tenor sax solo (to C. Delangle) - "Buon natale fratello Fritz" for T+S saxes by Volker Heyn (to Daniel Kientzy) - "Cantos" by Stefan Niculescu for saxophones & orchestre (to Daniel Kientzy).
1985 - "Exultitudes" Cbs+S saxes and computer by Gilles Racot (to D. Kientzy)
1985 - Laura Hunter premieres William Albright’s "Sonata" - "Goutte d'or Blues" by Bernard Cavana for Sino+S saxes & tape (to D. Kientzy).
1986 - Production of Selmer Super Action 80 serie II model.

1986 - In Bertrand Tavernier’s film «Autour de Minuit», Dexter Gordon plays a the character of a musician inspired by the life of  Bud Powell.

1986 - "Horoscope" by Marie-Hélène Fournier for solo A sax (to S. Bertocchi) - "Le Cirque" by Marc Monnet for solo contrebass sax (to Daniel Kientzy).

1987 - Production of the Akai EWI 1000 midi wind controller, adopted by M. Brecker.
1987 - Michael Brecker records his first jazz CD under his name.
1987 - "XAS" by Iannis Xenakis (to the Raschèr quartet) - "Voilements" for T & tape by Jean-Claude Risset (to Daniel Kientzy) - "Trama" for A+S & orchestra by Luca Francesconi (to Arno Bornkamp) - "Chanting the light of foresight" for quartet by Terry Riley (to the ROVA sax quartet) - "Les yeux de la solitude" for A & percussion by Robert Lemay (to Daniel Gauthier).
1988 - Claude Delangle appointed Professor in Paris Conservatory.

1988 - The film «Bird» by Clint Eastwood, dedicated to Charlie Parker’s life.

1988 - "Une Couleur" by Luis de Pablo for 5 successive saxophones & orchestra (to Daniel Kientzy).
1988 - "Hard" by Christian Lauba for T solo (premiered in Kawasaki by Jean-Michel Goury).
1988 - "Zwei Akte - Grand duo concertant" for saxophones & harp by Mauricio Kagel (to Michael Riessler) - «Renewing the myth» by Marilyn Shrude for A sax & P° (to John Sampen).

1988 - «Rhea» for an ensemble of 12 saxophones by Francisco Guerrero Marin (to  the Ensemble International de Bordeaux)

1989 - Production of the Yamaha WX7 midi wind controller.
1989 - "Quest" by George Crumb for guit, saxS, 3 perc et CBs (premiered by Donald Sinta).
1989 - "Hot" by Franco Donatoni for T+Sino saxes & ensemble (Commission of AsSaFra, premiered by D. Kientzy).

1990 - Death of Dexter Gordon in Philadelphie.

1990 - Production of the Yamaha Custom saxophones series.
1990 - "Rasch" by Franco Donatoni for sax quartet (to the Raschèr Quartet) - «Linker Augentanz» (from the opera «Samstag aus Licht») for sax ensemble, synthesiser and percussions by Karlheinz Stockhausen. Premiered by the Ensemble of saxophones of the Paris Conservatory - «Feu d’ombres» by Qigang Chen for Soprano sax & ensemble, premiered by Jean-Pierre Baraglioli.
1991 - Stan Getz dies in Malibu, CA.
1991 - "Canticum Novissimi testamenti" by Luciano Berio for 8 voices, 4 saxes , 4 clarinets (commission of the Rascher 4tet)

1991 - Premiere of "The green ray" for S sax & small orchestra by Gavin Bryars by John Harle and Bournemouth Sinfonietta.

1991 - «Fuzzy bird sonata» by Takashi Yoshimatsu (to Nobuya Sugawa)

1992 - Production of Yanagisawa’s 900 series.
1992 - "Yod" by Bruno Giner for sax baritone sax solo (to S. Bertocchi).
1992 - "Le chant des ténèbres" by Thierry Escaich for soprano sax solo and organ, sax ensemble, or strings.
1992 - "Four5" by John Cage for multiple sax quartet (to John Sampen)

1992 - "San Antonio Sonata" by John Harbison A sax & piano (to John Sampen, Taimur Sullivan)

1993 - «Quatuor de saxophones» by Hugues Dufourt (to the Rascher Quartet)

1994 - 1st CD «Masada Aleph» by John Zorn’s group

1994 - Vincent David is the first laureate of the International Adolphe Sax Competition in Dinant. No major International Competition had given a First Prize for 42 years (since 1952, Nouaux in Geneva).

1994 - «Caprices de Saxicare» by Henri Pousseur, concertante mobile for A sax , 15 strings and percussions - "In Erwartung" by Sofia Gubaidulina (Rascher quartet, Kroumata perc) - «Cells» for 4 successive saxes & ensemble by Hanspeter Kyburz (to Marcus Weiss).
1995 - Farewell concert of Jean-Marie Londeix.

1995 - Selmer introduces its Série III beginning with the soprano.

1995 - «Fragments gourmands» for one saxophonist-storyteller playing 7 successive saxes & recorded media by Jacques Lejeune (to D. Kientzy)

1995 - «Ouverture à la Française» by Luis de Pablo (fl, sax) premiered by Marie-Bernadette Charrier, Perpignan.

1995 - Premiere of "Panic" for A sax, drums & wind orchestra by Harrisson Birtwistle by John Harle for the concert of the BBC PROMS in London.

1995 - "Concerto for sax quartet & orchestra" by Phil Glass (Rascher quartet, Orchestre of the Swedish Radio).

1997 - Death of Gerry Mulligan.

1996 - «Résurgences» by Michael Jarrell for alto sax & ensemble (to M.Weiss & Cl. Delangle)

1996 - Gérard Grisey’s last piece «4 chants pour franchir le seuil», includes 2 saxophones (AT) playing microtones.

1996 - Premiere of «Récit, Chemin VII» (based on the Sequenza IXb) for alto saxophone and large orchetra by Luciano Berio by Claude Delangle.

1996 - «Travel Cartoons for the Blind» by Django Bates (Apollo Quartet)

1997 - Death of Fela Kuti in Lagos (Nigeria).

1997 - «La Bocca, i piedi, il suono» by Salvatore Sciarrino for 4 A saxes and 100 moving saxophones (Lost cloud quartet)

1997 - «Lamentatio» for saxophone quartet by Errki-Sven Tüür (to Stockholm sax quartet)

1998 - "Crosswind" for viola & saxophone quartet by Georges Aperghis - «Avvicinamento» by Giorgio Netti for 4 saxophones are premiered in Witten by Xasax & Geneviève Strosser (va).

1998 - «necessità d’interrogare il cielo» by Giorgio Netti, a 70’ tetralogy for soprano sax solo, essentially using 600 multiphonics, (to Marcus Weiss)

1998 - Premiere in Lyon of Peter Eötvös’ first opera «Les trois soeurs» after Tchekov, with a S sax.

1999 - Benedikt Eppelsheim (Germany) invents the tubax (small contrabass saxophone model) - Realisation of the first Aulochrome (double soprano sax) by François Louis in collaboration with Fabrizio Cassol.

1999 - «Le Fusain fuit la gomme» for Baritone sax by MH Fournier (Premiered by S. Bertocchi in Tel Aviv) - Premiere of «Grab it» for T sax & ghettoblaster by Jacob Ter Veldhuis by Arno Bornkamp in Utrecht.

1999 - «Total eclipse» for saxophone, counter-tenor, tenor, chorus and orchestra by John Tavener (by J. Harle).

1999 - Premiere of «HeSaBeBa», concerto for sax 4tet, drummer, and wind band by Ars Gallica sax 4tet.

2000 - 12th WSC - in Montreal, Canada.

2000 - Premiere of the «Concerto Grosso» for sax quartet & Orchestra by William Bolcom by PRISM quartet.

2000 - «Adroits des doigts à trois» for 3 identical saxes by Jean-Marc Singier (to Claude Delangle) - «Mandala Miniatures» by Terry Riley for Amherst 4tet.

2001 - Production of the first Selmer Référence tenors, versions 36 and 54 (actually refering to the famous Selmer Balanced action and Mark VI).

2001 - Sigurd Rascher dies in Shushan (NY), Marcel Mule in Hyères (Var), Death of Joe Henderson.

2001 - «Alter Ego» by Georges Aperghis for T sax (to Marcus Weiss).

2001 - «Troisième Round» for sax (T+A+S+B) & ensemble by Bruno Mantovani premiered in Rouen by Vincent David and TM+.

2001 - «Les inventions d’Adolphe Sax» by Mauricio Kagel for chorus and et sax quartet (Rascher quartet).

2001 - «Tilework» for saxophone by Tom Johnson.

2002 - Invention of the piccolo saxophone (or soprillo) by B. Eppelsheim

2002 - Premiere of «Fanfare III» by Philippe Boesmans, the first concerto for Aulochrome (double soprano) and orchestra by Fabrizio Cassol in Paris.

2003 - In the film «Catch me if you can» by Steven Spielberg, music by John Williams (his future concerto «Escapades»), sax : Dan Higgins.

2003 - Premiere of Philippe Leroux sax quartet «Du souffle» by Habanera 4tet.

2004 - Yoknapatawpha by François Narboni : 3 pieces for solo sax, «Mink» for S, «Snopes» for A, and «Eula» for T (2005). Premiered by Joël Versavaud.

2004 - «Still urban» by Fred Frith pour guitare & sax quartet (Arte quartet).

2005 - «Durch» de Mark André par le trio Accanto (S, P°, perc).

2007 - «D’instinct distant d’instants distincts du flux : solo ?» for T sax & ensemble by Jean-Marc Singier (premiered by Pierre-Stéphane Meugé) - «Maim» by Chaya Czernowin for 5 soloist instruments (of whom a principal tubax), fixed sounds (of which another tubax) & orchestra (pr : Rico Gubler).

2007 - Death of Michael Brecker in New York.

2008 - Posthumous premiere in Hambourg of «Edentia» for S sax & electronics by Karlheinz Stockhausen, the 20th hour of «Klang» (by M. Weiss).

2008 - «Propaganda» by Franck Bedrossian for SATB (pr. 4° Habanera, Minneapolis) - Premiere of Philippe Leroux’s concerto «L’unique trait de pinceau» for B+S saxes by Claude Delangle in Metz.

2009 - Posthumous premiere in Bruxelles of «Erwachen» for S, Tp et vc by Karlheinz Stockhausen, the 12th of the 24 hours of «Klang» (composed till the  21st) by M. Weiss - «Chant hassidique» by Philippe Hersant, for A sax, pr Nicolas Prost, Bangkok.

2010 - Michael Torke writes «May» and «June» for Amstel and New Century quartets, adding to «July» written for Apollo 4tet in 1995.

2013 - The new JLV saxophone ligature of Jean-Luc Vignaud wins the Prize of the President of the French Republic at the Lépine Innovative Competition.

2013 - Premiere of «Izarbil» for sax quartet and orchestra by Felix Ibarrondo, by Sigma Project in Madrid - Premiere of «Monadology XV» by Bernard Lang by XASAX & Makrokosmos (SATB, 2P°, 2 batt.) in Witten - Premiere of John Adams’ Concerto for saxophone by Timothy McAllister in Sydney.

2014 - Premiere of the Opéra Le Petit Prince by Michaël Levinas in Lausanne Opéra, with a Tubax part (pr : SB).