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 ...

Coleman Hawkins may have helped to thrust the tenor saxophone out of the novelty arena and into the anti-gravity space of jazz improvisation, but even he could not have predicted how the tenor would ...

Here’s a story that needs little introduction, and that’s because it’s story of a saxophone-wielding dad with a dream and the group of cows who gathered in awe of his playing. This week, the internet ...

The buckles make a sharp snapping sound, like a spattering of gunfire, as Will Compton opens a black case and lifts out a tarnished brass horn. He beams as he holds up the weathered instrument in his ...

Don Stevens is that rare musician who will never moan about not being taken seriously. But when you start a group called the Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra, and your own instrument is a Monstro ...

YORK COUNTY — Bill Street - he's an inventive composer, a cool instructor and a wicked good saxophone player at the University of Southern Maine School of Music. He is also a specialist in designing ...

Sep 14, 2023 | 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Add to Calendar 14-09-2023 19:00 14-09-2023 21:30 America/Toronto Prairie Saxophone Initiative Presents Time Converged Join the Prairie Saxophone Initiative as they ...

Let's be up front: the World Saxophone Quartet has never made a bad record. Sure, some listeners might not appreciate the unbridled energy that marks much of their work—but as for the rest, there are ...

Long recognized as an avant-garde fixture with creativity up the wazoo, the World Saxophone Quartet has a language all its own. Its four-part harmony flows worlds apart from the norm while its ...