Selmer Alto Saxophone Series 1922, s/n 774, gold plated and engraved with the name of the famed Big Band reed player Ross Gorman, used by Nathan Gordon, the second owner and father of consignor in the making of the first talkie movie 'The Jazz Singer' with Al Jolson. Gorman played with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra, is best remembered for his clarinet glissando ad lib at the beginning of Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue' on Feb 12, 1924, at the Aeolian Hall in NYC, which Gershwin then wrote into the piece. In the original case, with the original metal mouthpiece. Playable; corrosion around band loop; wear to finish from use; case interior and exterior wear.