Jazz, blues, classical, funk, pop, soul, bossa nova, gospel, rock, Afrobeat, disco and country. These are just some of the styles of music that tenor saxophone great Houston Person has performed in ...

The tenor sax is a jazz instrument. The paradigmatic jazz instrument, if I may thrown in a $50 word. How many tenor sax sonatas or concertos can you think of that feature the tenor as a solo, or even ...

Sarah Hanahan was named the top rising alto sax star in Downbeat magazine's 2025 critics' poll. Saxophonist Sarah Hanahan will perform at SUNY Schenectady on Friday, Oct. 3. Saxophonist Sarah Hanahan, ...

How the Dave Matthews Band, Willie Nelson, and Hutchinson Community College are alike might not be immediately evident. But the common denominator is musician Jeff Coffin, who has been or will soon be ...

LOS ANGELES — Wayne Shorter, an influential jazz innovator whose lyrical, complex jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than half a century of American music, has ...

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Walter Beasley almost seems to good to be true. How can you top one of the most highly regarded contemporary sax players who continues to hold down a full-time teaching job at his alma mater, The ...

The sounds of sirens, as opposed to the sounds of silence, mean different things to different people. Sirens blare at the start of “Amerikkan Skin,” the leadoff track from Lakecia Benjamin’s fourth ...

Every once in a while, a single instrument arrives and rewrites the rules. Not just for music, but for culture itself. Think about it. A strip of brass and a few keys gave birth to jazz. A solid block ...

Carl Gordon Grubbs, an award-winning jazz saxophonist known for his melodic style who taught generations of students, died of pneumonia Jan. 5 at Mercy Medical Center. The Lochearn resident was 79.

The tenor saxophonist made his debut in 1959 and would go on to be a foundational member of two of the most seminal jazz groups: Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and the Miles Davis Quintet. By The ...