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 ...

What is your favorite saxophone part or parts in a rock ’n’ roll song? The sax is one of my favorite instruments. Its importance in jazz music cannot be overstated, but it also is a instrumental in ...

"Learn to work with a saxophone, I play just what I feel…" - Steely Dan 6 AM on a Thursday morning, I'm rambling out the grocery store with my supply of granola bars and coca-cola to survive another ...

This article was originally published in Death and Taxes on February 24, 2012. The saxophone is an instrument that has run through an ongoing cycle of cool and uncool dating back to the birth of rock ...

You might be surprised to find out just how often the saxophone is used in classic rock. Not just relegated to jazz or big band music, there are sax players who roll and growl, swoop and dive on their ...

Actually, that may be an overstatement. I could probably go to any jazz club and visit a saxophone. What I miss is saxophones in rock ‘n’ roll and rhythm and blues records. I miss the way King Curtis’ ...

Bobby Keys’ solo on the Rolling Stones’ “Brown Sugar” is one of the definitive saxophone performances in rock history. His approach to the song seems more influenced by the “down and dirty” vocabulary ...

I spent a lot of time last week listening to and reading about Pharoah Sanders, the cosmic jazz titan who died in Los Angeles on Sept. 24. He was 81. He was born Ferrell Sanders on Oct. 13, 1940, in ...