When they were looking for a short and sweet name for their saxophone quartet in fall 2016, the men of ~Nois decided to shorten the word “Illinois” to solidify their status as a Chicago-based group.

The British musician is an artist in residence at Winter Jazzfest in New York this week, playing an instrument group that he first picked up in 2019. By Hugh Morris Reporting from London As Shabaka ...

Music enthusiasts will be delighted to hear that Nov. 6 is National Saxophone Day. Celebrated on the birthday of saxophone inventor, Antoine-Joseph “Adolphe” Sax, this Belgian inventor had many ...

When jazz fans talk about the Texas Tenor saxophone sound, they're talking about a sound which is very robust, sometimes raw, and which mixes the musical vocabularies of swing, bebop, blues and R&B.

Bandleader Woody Herman's Second Herd in the late 1940s featured a stunning saxophone section known as the Four Brothers. It featured tenormen Stan Getz, Zoot Sims and Herbie Steward, plus baritone ...

The alto saxophone is one of the most popular instruments in jazz and pop music, known for its smooth, expressive sound. Over the years, many talented musicians have made their mark playing the alto ...

Few sounds from an alto saxophone are more distinctive than the music of David Sanborn. Once heard, it's never mistaken for anyone else's music. Sanborn's playing is lyrical and sweet but meaty enough ...