The saxophone can sound sad, fun, or full of emotion, and few other instruments show emotion as well as it does. Since Adolphe Sax invented it in the 1840s, this brass and woodwind hybrid has gone ...

Some projects are misnomers. “The Story of 400 Years,” on the other hand, is exactly what its title promises. Saxophonist and composer Isaiah Collier created what can only be described as a ...

Lee Konitz, an alto saxophonist who was an exemplar of jazz’s so-called “cool school,” died Wednesday in Manhattan of coronavirus complications, according to his niece, Linda Konitz. Unlike the ...

And overshadowed by more flamboyant musicians, Coleman has nonetheless kept his cool. Nowadays he is understood as one of the greatest jazz musicians: in 2015, he was named a National Endowment for ...

In The Devil's Horn, Segell traces the 160-year history of the saxophone a horn that created a sound never before heard in nature, and that from the moment it debuted has aroused both positive and ...

Sultry saxophonist Marion Meadows is cool, and we're not just talking about his Bob Marley-esque dreadlocks or seriously sexy physique that he struts during his live shows. He's the poster child for ...

Val Lemen had no idea that the singer who auditioned for his jazz band years ago would some day become his wife. It was back in 2009 that Lemen was on keyboard along with Chris Brown on tenor sax.

It’s easy to feel disconnected from reality amidst the serene ambiance of The Blue Note, the storied jazz club perched just off 6th Avenue in New York City’s West Village. It’s either ironic or ...

Hands down the best name for a jazz album is Birth of the Cool. It doesn't make it to The 100 Greatest Jazz Albums of All Time nor is it among the Village Voice's Ten Jazz Albums to Hear Before You ...

Math will become a little cooler and music maybe a little nerdier on Saturday night. That’s when multitasking, saxophone-playing Marcus Miller leads his quartet through a swinging set at the National ...