The tenor sax is a jazz instrument. The paradigmatic jazz instrument, if I may thrown in a $50 word. How many tenor sax sonatas or concertos can you think of that feature the tenor as a solo, or even ...

Classic rock music benefited from the saxophone in the 1970s. These are three great 70s classic rock songs with great sax ...

Jazz, blues, classical, funk, pop, soul, bossa nova, gospel, rock, Afrobeat, disco and country. These are just some of the styles of music that tenor saxophone great Houston Person has performed in ...

In the summer of 1978, Gerry Rafferty's song “Baker Street” became a top-five hit in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. And for good reason. If there were an official anthem ...

Anthony Ortega only performs once a week. But when the 88-year-old saxophone great takes the stage each Sunday evening at Mr. Peabody’s in Encinitas, he often plays for up to three hours at a time ...

It's considered by many to be music's sexiest instrument. Its versatile sound, so like a great singer's voice — sweetly seductive one moment, growling and blustery the next — has become virtually ...

"Learn to work with a saxophone, I play just what I feel…" - Steely Dan 6 AM on a Thursday morning, I'm rambling out the grocery store with my supply of granola bars and coca-cola to survive another ...

Tenor saxophonists and bossa nova go together like coffee and cream. These two albums from Tower Records' "Exclusive CDs from Blue Note compilation series feature some of the best from both worlds in ...

What is your favorite saxophone part or parts in a rock ’n’ roll song? The sax is one of my favorite instruments. Its importance in jazz music cannot be overstated, but it also is a instrumental in ...

Lee Konitz, the celebrated jazz saxophonist and last surviving performer on Miles Davis’ 'Birth of the Cool' sessions, has died. He was 92. By Lars Brandle, Billboard Lee Konitz, the celebrated jazz ...

There is great good news to report this morning: According to reliable sources, the saxophone solo is staging a comeback in popular music. Now, granted, this probably doesn’t rank up there with, say, ...

My good friend and writer Alan Paul, who I’ve known and worked with for many years, interviewed Dion for the Wall Street Journal and managed to also grab some phone time with Bruce Springsteen, who ...