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 ...

Originally consisting of saxophonists David Murray, Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake and Hamiet Bluiett, the World Saxophone Quartet is one of the finest and most unusual small combos in jazz today. The ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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, ...

Sarah Hanahan was named the top rising alto sax star in Downbeat magazine's 2025 critics' poll. Saxophonist Sarah Hanahan will perform at SUNY Schenectady on Friday, Oct. 3. Saxophonist Sarah Hanahan, ...

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 ...

Billy Harper as he appears on the cover of the 1990 album Destiny Is Yours Credit: Steve Krakow for Chicago Reader Saxophonist Billy Harper has a quote from jazz radio broadcaster Miles Willis ...

Lebron Dennis spends a lot of time patiently extinguishing false impressions. Otherwise, he’s urgently confronting emergencies as the only known saxophone-playing firefighter in contemporary jazz. “Oh ...

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.

As a high school student in Massachusetts, Sarah Hanahan didn't like her academic classes. In fact, she admits, "I just hated school. I always knew, like, 'I can't do this. This just isn't me.'" "It's ...