The Music The great saxophone voices of the 20th century – Coleman Hawkins, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman – were all black jazz musicians, and the instrument’s 19th-century French roots are easily ...

The saxophone isn't the first instrument you'd think of when you're pondering which piece of classical music to put on. If it's sax you're after, you'd be more likely to reach for the jazz of Stan ...

Modern audiences — that is, anyone who’s not a centenarian — generally think of the saxophone in terms of its long and influential history as a central instrument in jazz music, from Coleman Hawkins ...

When you think of classic rock songs, a few instruments immediately come to mind. Heavy bass, walloping drums, shrieking guitars, and vocalists who sing like lightning bolts from the top of a giant ...

The saxophone - or ‘sax’ - is a woodwind instrument used in classical music (such as concert bands, chamber music, and solo repertoires), military bands, marching bands, and jazz (such as big bands ...

Long drawn to the saxophone for its expressive possibilities, Branford musician and composer Frank Vasi has taken the past year to share that appreciation with many others. He has not been alone. A ...

Enjoy sax classics from across the decades, performed by saxophonist Snake Davis including Baker Street, Careless Whisper, Respect, Yakety Yak and his own solos such as Moving on Up. Snake Davis on ...

Herbert Hardesty, a tenor sax player who was featured on many Fats Domino classics and collaborated with many jazz and R&B greats, has died. He was 91 years old. Rhodes Funeral Home, which is ...