I was playing piano at the airport when another saxophonist suddenly joined the performance. What started as a simple public piano session quickly turned into a lively and unforgettable duet. As soon ...
For her latest project, Lithic, Misch journeyed into caves, quarries and coastal environments to forge a record shaped by ...
Cheesy, cool, noisy, sweet – the sax is a versatile beast that has made many great songs even better The saxophone has earned its place in just about every modern music genre. Listen to the earliest ...
Coleman Hawkins, known as "The Hawk" or "Bean," basically invented tenor sax as we know it, all the way down to Bill Clinton playing his way to office. After making many recordings with various groups ...
Almost no other instrument seems so synonymous with jazz as the sax. Listen to some classic alto playing from Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt and more greats. Credit...Illustration by ...