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

Lee Konitz, an alto saxophonist who was an exemplar of jazz’s so-called “cool school,” died Wednesday in Manhattan of coronavirus complications, according to his niece, Linda Konitz. Unlike the ...

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

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 ...

Val Lemen had no idea that the singer who auditioned for his jazz band years ago would some day become his wife. It was back in 2009 that Lemen was on keyboard along with Chris Brown on tenor sax.

Hear Aaron Johnson's Reboppers, a quintet of rising stars, Jan. 8 at Christo's Lounge. MORE: Find more things to do. The group, which features Johnson on alto saxophone, flute and clarinet; Danny ...

In The Devil's Horn, Segell traces the 160-year history of the saxophone a horn that created a sound never before heard in nature, and that from the moment it debuted has aroused both positive and ...

Sultry saxophonist Marion Meadows is cool, and we're not just talking about his Bob Marley-esque dreadlocks or seriously sexy physique that he struts during his live shows. He's the poster child for ...

While spring breakers head down to South Beach, most of the cool cats will be at Dolphins Stadium for Jazz in the Garden this weekend. The sultry sounds in the cool night air have become a staple ...

In a candid conversation that bridges the earthly and divine, renowned saxophonist Kirk Whalum unveils the mystical dimensions of jazz, sharing intimate stories of supernatural moments and spiritual ...

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 ...