When they were looking for a short and sweet name for their saxophone quartet in fall 2016, the men of ~Nois decided to shorten the word “Illinois” to solidify their status as a Chicago-based group.

“Mr. Chocolate” is the latest album release from multi-talented singer, songwriter and Philadelphia native Scot Sax. Offering a six song collection riddled with pop tendencies, Sax headed into the ...

Australian trio The Goon Sax, whose debut album, Up to Anything, was one of my favorites of 2016, are putting the finishing touches on their second album which will be their first for Wichita Records.

The Goon Sax have shared “Make Time 4 Love,” the swooning, horn-and-string-filled opening track from their new album We’re Not Talking. Says Louis Forster who wrote and sings lead on this one, “It’s ...

The Encore Saxophone Quartet brought some great music to the great outdoors on Sunday. The quartet performed on a warm summer evening as part of the Garden Concert series at St. Luke’s Presbyterian ...

Smooth jazz saxophonist Dave Koz has been living quietly under the radar in Sausalito for the past 25 years, so quietly in fact that he’s never performed in his adopted hometown in all that time. That ...

For more than four decades, Hamiet Bluiett found a way to combine the avant-garde with traditional jazz. Along the way, he redefined the role of the baritone saxophone, and co-founded one of the most ...

“There are more people playing jazz music at a higher level than ever before in the history of jazz.” That’s Ian Buss’s answer when I ask him about choosing a career playing straight-ahead jazz music ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — A man who entertained people by playing his saxophone on the streets of Cleveland has died. Sharon Reedus-Sanders says her 65-year-old brother, Maurice Reedus Jr., was found dead in ...

Sam and Dave. Lennon and McCartney. George and Ira Gershwin. None of those remarkable musical collaborations lasted more than 20 years. But if longevity is rare in artistic as well as romantic unions, ...