American Songwriter

3 Classic Rock Saxophone Solos That Will Blow Your Hair Back

Classic rock music benefited from the saxophone in the 1970s. These are three great 70s classic rock songs with great sax ...
Slate

Bringing Saxy Back

For 36 years, Saturday Night Live has provided sanctuary to a species of musical wildlife that today sits on the endangered list: the saxophone solo. In 1975, jazz whiz David Sanborn’s note-gobbling, ...
The Independent

Let’s talk about sax, baby: How one of music’s most maligned instruments reconquered pop and indie

Blowhards: New players such as Brendan Mills, left, and Lewis Evans, centre are bringing the saxophone back in from the cold (Getty/iStock/The Independent) Get the inside track from Roisin O'Connor ...
OPB

Portland’s all-women sax quartet performs music of Moondog

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 ...