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

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.

The saxophone is having a moment again. That golden, smooth sound is popping up everywhere, and people can't get enough of it. It's showing up at weddings, rooftop parties, and live shows. The vibe is ...

Jezzika Sax will perform during Latin Night at Cool Canyon Nights 2025, free summer concerts Jezzika Sax is a popular performer at Cool Canyon Nights. She pays tribute to Selena and performs original ...

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

Cheesy, cool, noisy, sweet – the sax is a versatile beast that has made many great songs even better The saxophone has earned its place in just about every modern music genre. Listen to the earliest ...

Blues-drenched bop and rhapsodic ballads will undoubtedly be on the menu at Yoshi's this week when the veteran alto saxophonists Frank Morgan (pictured) and Sonny Fortune blow through town. Morgan ...

Bruce Springsteen is currently in the middle of a world tour with E Street Band, their first without saxophonist Clarence Clemons. “The Big Man” passed away one year ago today from complications ...

Nov 11 (Reuters) - U.S. saxophonist Lou Donaldson, one of jazz music's last remaining links to the era of bebop in the 1950s who went on to develop a soul and Latin-inspired sound in the following ...

(CNN) — Army veteran Wayne Hoey takes his saxophone with him everywhere. It came in handy this month when his flight sat on the tarmac for more than an hour in Atlanta. Hoey was returning from a ...

Dave Brubeck wrote more than 250 pieces of music, toured concert halls from California to the Far East and performed in front of four US Presidents - a huge workload for someone who, after all, told ...

For 36 years, Saturday Night Live has provided sanctuary to a species of musical wildlife that today sits on the endangered list: the saxophone solo. In 1975, jazz whiz David Sanborn’s note-gobbling, ...