Since the 1840s, when the saxophone was invented by Adolphe Sax, the wind instrument named after him has become a key component of jazz groups ranging from big bands to small combos. It was also a ...

MUSICIAN Tom Waters has followed in his father Ben’s footsteps, dropping out of school for his love of playing (although he ...

Woods is Phil Woods, disciple of bebop saxophone pioneer Charlie Parker, and his Saxophone Sonata does a fine job of embedding inside composed music something of the spontaneous soul of jazz ...

While I was playing Careless Whisper on a public piano, a guy with a saxophone approached me and asked to join. What followed ...

Those who play larger musical instruments, things like drums, piano, harp, tuba, upright bass, or Zeusaphone, know well the challenges of simply transporting their chosen instrument to band practice, ...

Piano and saxophone duets are jazz distilled to its bare essentials: one linear melodic voice interacting with a chordal and rhythmic partner, also capable of leading the line. What these two European ...