The saxophone market also stabilized into the baritone, tenor, alto and soprano range that’s popular today. But it wasn’t until the early 1920s that the saxophone became known as a serious ...

The inventor of the saxophone was Adolphe Sax and his wonderful instruments has blessed us jazz cans a millions times over. This week’s Rhythm Planet features just a few great tenor sax solos. Not ...

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 ...

We start with Coleman Hawkins, who rewrote the book on tenor sax solos in 1939 with his solo on “Body and Soul”. After that, Lester Young, nicknamed “Pres” in the 1940s because he was the next big sax ...

Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins was one of the two tenor saxophone titans, with Coltrane, of the '50s and '60s. His album title Saxophone Colossus (OJC, 1956) was titled quite accurately! His mother was ...

Hawkins had already been the dominant voice on his instrument, the tenor saxophone, when Lester Young emerged as a leading soloist in Count Basie’s big band in Kansas City (c. 1933).

Rather surprisingly, "Body And Soul" also became a hit record, maintaining its popularity on jukeboxes well into the 1950s. Not bad for an instrumental that only briefly — and very ...

"Chuck was the hardest-swinging tenor player around here," said Coppola, who worked with Travis in all kinds of groups, including the 49ers band that played at Kezar Stadium.