The saxophonist is among the contributors to "Original Influencers: Dizzy, Chano & Chico" which is up for Best Latin Jazz Album.

Invented in the early 1840s, the saxophone was a relative latecomer to music—and to jazz. But starting in the mid-1920s, with the rise of the big bands, the instrument slowly but steadily evolved from ...

Originally consisting of saxophonists David Murray, Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake and Hamiet Bluiett, the World Saxophone Quartet is one of the finest and most unusual small combos in jazz today. The ...

What happens when all your European and North American concerts and tours fall through because of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic? For alto saxophone great Charles McPherson, there have been ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wayne Shorter, an influential jazz innovator whose lyrical, complex jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than half a century of American music, ...

A Redding doctor wants people to seek therapy — smooth jazz therapy — when his band plays its annual concert later this month at Old City Hall in Redding. Family doctor David Short is the front man ...

Sarah Hanahan was named the top rising alto sax star in Downbeat magazine's 2025 critics' poll. Saxophonist Sarah Hanahan will perform at SUNY Schenectady on Friday, Oct. 3. Saxophonist Sarah Hanahan, ...

Anytime a discussion of jazz saxophone takes place, a handful of names invariably crop up, even from those only vaguely familiar with the form. And there’s a good reason for that: While there have ...

Wayne Shorter, an influential jazz innovator whose lyrical, complex jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than half a century of American music, has died. He was 89.

Buddy Collette, a Grammy-nominated jazz saxophonist, flautist, bandleader and educator who played important roles in Los Angeles jazz as a musician and an advocate for the rights of African American ...