The Music The great saxophone voices of the 20th century – Coleman Hawkins, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman – were all black jazz musicians, and the instrument’s 19th-century French roots are easily ...

Long drawn to the saxophone for its expressive possibilities, Branford musician and composer Frank Vasi has taken the past year to share that appreciation with many others. He has not been alone. A ...

Modern audiences — that is, anyone who’s not a centenarian — generally think of the saxophone in terms of its long and influential history as a central instrument in jazz music, from Coleman Hawkins ...

The saxophone isn't the first instrument you'd think of when you're pondering which piece of classical music to put on. If it's sax you're after, you'd be more likely to reach for the jazz of Stan ...

The saxophone - or ‘sax’ - is a woodwind instrument used in classical music (such as concert bands, chamber music, and solo repertoires), military bands, marching bands, and jazz (such as big bands ...

When you think of classic rock songs, a few instruments immediately come to mind. Heavy bass, walloping drums, shrieking guitars, and vocalists who sing like lightning bolts from the top of a giant ...

Professor Sarah Markham is a highly regarded saxophonist, with a performing, recording and teaching career spanning nearly thirty years. A Yamaha Performing Artist and a Vandoren Performing Artist, ...

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