The tenor sax is a jazz instrument. The paradigmatic jazz instrument, if I may thrown in a $50 word. How many tenor sax sonatas or concertos can you think of that feature the tenor as a solo, or even ...

Anthony Ortega did almost everything imaginable in a music career that stretched over 70 years that included leading a weekly Sunday jam session — into his mid-90s — until his health began to fail in ...

Anthony Ortega did almost everything imaginable in a music career that stretched over 70 years that included leading a weekly Sunday jam session — into his mid-90s — until his health began to fail in ...

CLEVELAND, OH, May 13 - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and WNWV (“The Wave”) proudly present the hottest jazz show this summer: “A Night of Great Sax and More!” Friday, June 24th. The ...

wordLookup: "Enter a word to look up:", Here's an early peek at Sunday's column -- and, if you go to the bottom, you'll see the start of my list of the greatest sax solos in rock 'n' roll history.

This week Tom spends an hour showcasing a few of his favorite jazz tenor sax solos, featuring giants like Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, Stan Getz, Benny Maupin, and Dan Faulk.

There is great good news to report this morning: According to reliable sources, the saxophone solo is staging a comeback in popular music. Now, granted, this probably doesn’t rank up there with, say, ...

A saxophonist with a searing tone honed in the bands of Charles Mingus, Art Blakey and Miles Davis, Gary Bartz is often depicted as one of jazz’s great improvisers. He doesn’t see himself that way.

Before the sold-out shows, before 3 million social media followers, before performing at championship fights, Chris Mitchell was standing on a Houston sidewalk with a tip jar, a saxophone, and a sheet ...

Two recent releases from the free jazz universe of music celebrate two of the greatest saxophone icons of the 20th century, Archie Shepp and Pharoah Sanders. I was first exposed to free jazz at a ...