A saxophone, a single-reed woodwind instrument usually made of brass. Most often associated with jazz and blues music, though it is also frequently used in rock, pop, and marching band arrangements.

Typically depicted as a golden-yellow alto saxophone with its bell facing rightward. Several platforms, including Apple and Samsung, depict large keys across the body of the instrument, while others omit these details for a simplified design emphasizing its curved body.

Notably featured as the instrument played by the turtle (🎷🐢) in the viral January 2020 "Animal Band" Twitter post, which sparked the "Animal Emoji Party" meme trend.

This emoji predates the inclusion and standardization of emojis within Unicode. It was first added to early Japanese emoji keyboards by Softbank in 1997.

Saxophone was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.