The legendary drummer Art Blakey once said, “Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life.” It’s a quote that resonates with me as a music fanatic and recent saxophone student. Lessons and practice ...

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. Credit...Illustration by ...

Saxophonist Bruce Eskovitz disproves the adage, “Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.” A full-time lecturer at USC, where he directs the Concert Jazz Ensemble and teaches theory and jazz ...

Veteran sax and flute player Lew Tabackin, a product of South Philadelphia, is one of the “Jazz Jews” discussed in Mike Gerber’s new book of that name. Tabackin performs in a quartet with his wife, ...

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