You might be surprised to find out just how often the saxophone is used in classic rock. Not just relegated to jazz or big band music, there are sax players who roll and growl, swoop and dive on their ...

The word “incomparable” gets thrown around a lot when it comes to artists. But in the case of Vanessa Collier, it’s pretty spot-on.

John Lennon‘s “Whatever Gets You Thru the Night” features a saxophone solo played by another musician. The saxophone player discussed what he thought of John as an artist. In addition, he explained ...

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 ...

The Rolling Stones‘ Brian Jones played the saxophone on one of The Beatles’ songs. Paul McCartney said Jones didn’t play the saxophone solo very well. However, he felt Jones gave the song exactly what ...

Here’s an early peek at Sunday’s column — and, if you go to the bottom, you’ll see the start of my list of the greatest sax solos in rock ‘n’ roll history. Feel free to add your favorites or to take ...

On this day (December 18) in 1982, Hall & Oates topped the Billboard Hot 100 with “Maneater.” The song spent four consecutive weeks at the top of the chart, making it the final No. 1 of 1982 and the ...