Unlike the structured precision of a piano-driven quartet, saxophone-guitar albums thrive on spontaneity. Imagine a smoky jazz club where the deep, soulful wail of a saxophone weaves effortlessly with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sonny Rollins in 1991: the real triumphs of his late maturity were his concerts, when he would improvise with immense ...

Anytime a discussion of jazz saxophone takes place, a handful of names invariably crop up, even from those only vaguely familiar with the form. And there’s a good reason for that: While there have ...

The dulcet tones of a saxophone can add depth and emotion to a song, and artists from Bruce Springsteen to Pink Floyd really ...

Coleman Hawkins single-handedly brought the saxophone to the prominence in jazz that the instrument enjoys. Before he hit the scene, jazz groups had little use for the instrument. One player (forgot ...

After years of playing with Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk, saxophonist and composer John Coltrane began to emerge as a jazz pioneer at the end of the 1950s. A few months after ...

Seventy years ago, Charlie Parker and four other be-bop legends created what many call the greatest jazz concert ever— with Parker playing a plastic saxophone. A reissue of the recording is out. More ...

Composer and performer traversed numerous phases of jazz history, and fused his playing with the likes of Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell and Carlos Santana Wayne Shorter, one of America’s greatest jazz ...

Four October performances feature The Jazz Sanctuary musicians as the nonprofit seeks new sponsors to help keep its ...

At 24, the saxophonist is being hailed as one of the most promising jazz artists in the US – and his music, which explores faith and Black cultural vitality, is utopian in an America that isn’t ...

Sonny Rollins, the “saxophone colossus” who was widely considered America’s greatest living jazz musician and whose musical eloquence and inventiveness kept him at the creative forefront of jazz for ...

Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, the “Saxophone Colossus” who was schooled by bebop’s legends as a prized sideman and became their peer as a formidable leader, improviser and composer, has died, ...