The West Coast saxophonist known for his associations with the masterful quintet led by trumpeter Clifford Brown and drummer Max Roach in the mid-50's and with the internationally acclaimed quintet he ...

Adam Larson (b. 1990) is an American saxophonist, composer and author. An endorsed artist for P. Mauriat saxophones, The Boston Sax Shop and Key Leaves, Adam began playing saxophone at the age of 11.

"My solos always seemed to bring the record up another notch," Johnson said in one interview. He played with Frank Sinatra ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Saxophone player Sarah Hanahan will perform with her quartet at SUNY Schenectady on Oct. 3 as part of the A Place For Jazz fall ...

A pioneering jazz musician, known for one of the most famous saxophone solos in music history, has died. Plas Johnson died July 15 at his home in Los Angeles, multiple outlets report. He was 94.

There comes a time in every great artist’s life when all the lessons they’ve learned go out the window and everything starts flowing on raw emotion. For Wayne Shorter, one such moment occurred during ...

There is not a single degree of separation between saxophone legend Charles Lloyd and such American music icons as B.B. King, Ornette Coleman and the Grateful Dead. Or, for that matter, between Lloyd ...

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 ...

The popular annual outdoor free festival features national and local talent July 17-19 in Bushnell Park in Hartford.

Plas Johnson, the legendary jazz saxophonist whose unforgettable performance defined Henry Mancini's Grammy-winning The Pink ...

Jazz, blues, classical, funk, pop, soul, bossa nova, gospel, rock, Afrobeat, disco and country. These are just some of the styles of music that tenor saxophone great Houston Person has performed in ...

Anthony Ortega did almost everything imaginable in a music career that stretched over 70 years that included leading a weekly Sunday jam session — into his mid-90s — until his health began to fail in ...