Famously invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s, the saxophone quickly became an established part of French and British military bands but remained a novelty instrument elsewhere until it gained a foothold in vaudeville and ragtime bands in 1920s America. From there, it became an essential part of dance bands, and a prominent solo instrument in jazz. A great deal of this early development can be attributed to one musician: Rudy Wiedoeft, a virtuoso clarinetist who became obsessed with the saxophone in 1914. Coinciding with the start of the dance craze, he was convinced he could make a better living as saxophonist than as an orchestral clarinetist and spent the following years forming and running bands for nightclubs and cabaret, writing and recording his own virtuosic pieces for saxophone. Concentrating on recording over performing, he became a household name, but the emergence of the jazz era and its new star musicians eventually overshadowed his work, and his achievements and influence slipped into obscurity. Multi-instrumentalist, educator, and virtuoso saxophonist, Chad Smith and the Sinfonia of London led by John Wilson pay tribute to and shine a light on this largely forgotten innovator with a program of 18 songs featuring the saxophone written between 1918 and 1932.