Unlike the structured precision of a piano-driven quartet, saxophone-guitar albums thrive on spontaneity. Imagine a smoky jazz club where the deep, soulful wail of a saxophone weaves effortlessly with ...

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There comes a time in every great artist’s life when all the lessons they’ve learned go out the window and everything starts flowing on raw emotion. For Wayne Shorter, one such moment occurred during ...

Tenor saxophonist Sophie Faught is shown at a past performance. Tenor saxophonist Sophie Faught gets compliments on her jazz sounds, some of it original. And Faught gets compliments on her clothing, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Saxophone player Sarah Hanahan will perform with her quartet at SUNY Schenectady on Oct. 3 as part of the A Place For Jazz fall ...

Seventy years ago, Charlie Parker and four other be-bop legends created what many call the greatest jazz concert ever— with Parker playing a plastic saxophone. A reissue of the recording is out. More ...

Zoot Sims, left, and Al Cohn performing on stage. Al Cohn, circa 1980. Saxophonist John 'Zoot' Sims on break at WTTW Studios during a taping of the show Soundstage in Chicago, Nov. 26, 1979. Harry ...

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 ...

James Carter, a longtime saxophone innovator and collaborator with Wynton Marsalis, will be at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston on September 21. He talked with GBH Music’s Jazz on 89.7 hosts Al Davis and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It may be coincidence, or just a reflection of my own state of mind, that this dreadful year’s list of favorite jazz albums leans ...