Haydn celebrated the first chromatic version of this instrument by composing an E flat concerto for it.  
Vivaldi wrote a Concerto in C for two of the "natural" variety of these instruments.  Haydn celebrated the first chromatic version of this instrument by composing an E flat concerto for it.  More modern versions of this instrument include (*) Dizzy Gillespie's "bent" one. Chet Baker played this instrument in his ballad "My Funny Valentine".  This instrument's complex riffs are featured on "So What", the opening track for the album "Kind of Blue".  For 10 points, name this instrument played by Miles Davis and Louis Armstrong.
Vivaldi wrote a Concerto in C for two of the "natural" variety of these instruments.  
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