In the 1840s, Adolphe Saxe, a Belgian instrument maker, invented an instrument with the flexibility of the strings, the power of the brass and the variety of tone quality of the woodwinds. Quickly ...

Trumpeter Tom Browne, from North Carolina by way of New York, and saxophonist Ronnie Laws, from Los Angeles by way of Houston, didn't have to go far to find musical influences. “I got started on ...

Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Copyright 2024 NPR Seventy years ago, jazz great Charlie Parker played a plastic saxophone at what many ...

The Lamont Saxophone Quartet plays in the CPR Performance Studio. The Lamont Saxophone Quartet plays a concert looking at 100 years of sax quartet music on Friday at the Newman Center. Art Bouton, who ...

Seven Days is 30, and we need your help to celebrate. With your donation, we’ll stay on track, delivering rigorous reporting on Vermont news and culture. Composers have written for some unusual duos — ...

If you drew a map of Joel Diegert’s life from Vestal to Vienna (yes, the one in Austria), the route would need to be shaped like a saxophone. After graduating from Vestal High School in 2001, Diegert ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) Baritone saxophone players, from left, Woody Parker, Jeff Bell, ...

The Blue Ridge Community College Concert Series will present the North Carolina School of the Arts Saxophone Quartet at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16, in Bo Thomas Auditorium. The program will feature music ...

Group Sax will be the next act to perform in the Capital Jazz Society’s Jazz Series at 7 p.m. Monday at the Storm Cellar, 3233 S. 13th St. Group Sax is made up of members of the Nebraska Jazz ...

MASSILLON The Summer Concert Series has provided entertainment to the Massillon community and Stark County residents for 20 years. Sax in the City features a dinner and a show in celebration of the ...