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.

Indiana University saxophone professor Tom Walsh and his quintet will be continuing the Jazz at Helen’s season this November.

Learn about well-known alto saxophone players. See how their music, style, and talent made them stand out around the world.

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 ...

Break out your sunglasses and get ready for a good time because it’s National Saxophone Day! The holiday marks the birthday ...

There is so much to celebrate at the Taos Jazz Festival, which continues with top-caliber jazz performances through the weekend. The whole festival itself — now in its 11th season ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Wayne Shorter, an influential jazz innovator ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wayne Shorter, an influential jazz innovator whose lyrical, complex jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than half a century of American music, ...

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