Every once in a while, a single instrument arrives and rewrites the rules. Not just for music, but for culture itself. Think about it. A strip of brass and a few keys gave birth to jazz. A solid block ...

Have you ever heard a Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone in the 1840s? It is a versatile woodwind instrument known for its smooth, expressive sound. Saxophonists are musicians who use the smooth, ...

The Quadraphonnes, Portland’s all-women sax quartet, will perform the music of the eccentric artist Moondog at the Alberta Rose Theater on March 7. Moondog was a blind street musician in New York City ...

British saxophonist Jess Gillam lit up the Ordway Concert Hall this week in St. Paul, in the first saxophone recital presented by the Schubert Club’s “International Artist Series.” Performing with ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Miguel Zenón, the alto saxophonist, composer and bandleader, is also a genius. That’s not just my opinion. He’s officially a “genius,” and has been since at ...

COOPERSTOWN — The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival’s 25th anniversary season will open at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1, at the Otesaga Resort Hotel at 60 Lake St. in Cooperstown, with Harry Allen’s All ...

At age 87, Roger Hall still loves to play the music of his youth, that larger-than-life big band sound that no longer commands respect among the casino bosses in this town. In an earlier life, he ...