The tenor saxophonist made his debut in 1959 and would go on to be a foundational member of two of the most seminal jazz groups: Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and the Miles Davis Quintet. By The ...

Saxophonist and senior at Interlake High School jazz band Vikram Jagannathan shares his favorite jazz with KNKX listeners.

John Gunther teaches our jazz saxophone majors, including BM, MM and DMA students. At all levels, Gunther works with his students to develop and maintain a solid foundation in the physical aspects of ...

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 ...

Sher Music Co. has recently released a landmark book by New York jazz heavyweight, Tim Armacost entitled The Jazz Saxophone Book. This book was written for all students of jazz, from relative ...

Wayne Shorter, an influential jazz innovator whose lyrical, complex jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than half a century of American music, has died. He was 89.

David Sanborn is often categorized — or dismissed — as a “smooth jazz” saxophonist. He has certainly played plenty of what’s considered smooth jazz, the melodic, instrumental hybrid of modern jazz, ...

Lee Konitz was the last surviving musician to have played on Miles Davis' Birth of the Cool compilation album Lee Konitz, a celebrated jazz saxophonist, died on Wednesday due to complications from the ...

David Sanborn, the six time Grammy-winning alto saxophonist who played at Woodstock, composed music for the Lethal Weapon movies, played in the SNL and Late Night with David Letterman bands and worked ...

When tenor saxophonist John Coltrane recorded his composition "Giant Steps" in 1959, he created something that changed the way musicians thought about improvisation and harmony. Decades earlier, the ...

“It’s kind of you to spend your time listening,” is the first thing Alabaster DePlume says on receipt of my questions for this piece. He is on tour in the US, promoting his new album A Blade Because a ...