Arizona saxophonists pay tribute to the legends who made the instrument synonymous with jazz. The next installment of the ...

Invented in the early 1840s, the saxophone was a relative latecomer to music—and to jazz. But starting in the mid-1920s, with the rise of the big bands, the instrument slowly but steadily evolved from ...

Picking up his saxophone after an extended hiatus, Hutchings expands his musical world with shakuhachi flutes and ...

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 ...

Originally consisting of saxophonists David Murray, Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake and Hamiet Bluiett, the World Saxophone Quartet is one of the finest and most unusual small combos in jazz today. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Saxophone player Sarah Hanahan will perform with her quartet at SUNY Schenectady on Oct. 3 as part of the A Place For Jazz fall ...

Grammy-winning saxophonist Joe Lovano is named the 2026 Detroit Jazz Festival Artist-in-Residence, bringing acclaimed ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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, ...

A Redding doctor wants people to seek therapy — smooth jazz therapy — when his band plays its annual concert later this month at Old City Hall in Redding. Family doctor David Short is the front man ...

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, ...