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 ...

Coleman Hawkins, known as "The Hawk" or "Bean," basically invented tenor sax as we know it, all the way down to Bill Clinton playing his way to office. After making many recordings with various groups ...

Wayne Shorter was a foundational member of two of the most seminal jazz groups, Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and the Miles Davis Quintet. LOS ANGELES — Wayne Shorter, an influential jazz innovator ...

What happens when all your European and North American concerts and tours fall through because of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic? For alto saxophone great Charles McPherson, there have been ...

One of jazz’s most highly regarded saxophonists Kenny Garrett is getting ready to blow audiences away Wednesday during his last of two performances at the Jazz Kitchen for Indy Jazz Fest. Garrett ...

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 ...

The plastic Grafton alto saxophone that Charlie Parker played during a 1953 performance has returned to its place in the American Jazz Museum. Charlie Parker’s Grafton alto saxophone has returned to ...

Buddy Collette, a Grammy-nominated jazz saxophonist, flautist, bandleader and educator who played important roles in Los Angeles jazz as a musician and an advocate for the rights of African American ...

A famed jazz musician is on the hunt for a saxophone that he left in a San Francisco taxi after a performance Saturday night. Donald Harrison, who according to his website pioneered the "Nouveau Swing ...

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