Almost no other instrument seems so synonymous with jazz as the sax. Listen to some classic alto playing from Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt and more greats.

The soprano saxophone has never been a dominant instrument in mainstream jazz, but it's been in the mix since the beginning. Take a quick tour of the soprano sax throughout jazz history with the help ...

British saxophonist Jess Gillam lit up the Ordway Concert Hall this week in St. Paul, in the first saxophone recital presented by the Schubert Club’s “International Artist Series.” Performing with ...

People are often surprised to learn Vanessa Collier describes herself as shy and introverted. Those labels don’t skew with the vibrant and charismatic blues, soul and funk singer and saxophone player ...

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 ...

The saxophone can be as beautifully melodic as a violin or a clarinet – but the classical music world hasn’t always seen eye to eye with the instrument. We asked saxophonist Jess Gillam to explain why ...

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Blowhards: New players such as Brendan Mills, left, and Lewis Evans, centre are bringing the saxophone back in from the cold (Getty/iStock/The Independent) Get the inside track from Roisin O'Connor ...

Indiana University saxophone professor Tom Walsh and his quintet will be continuing the Jazz at Helen’s season this November.

When Belgian Instrument Maker Adolphe Sax stuck a reed into a conical brass tube and patented the hybrid in 1846, he contributed a new instrument to the military band. In time his saxophone traveled ...