Dimming one’s light in the face of haters is not something Lidia Rodriguez knows how to do. Whenever she gets comments from guys about her size or gender, the baritone player is quick to clap back ...
WEST NEWBURY — Pentucket Regional High School junior Zack Murphy is the only baritone saxophone player in the U.S. to be accepted into the All-National Honor Ensembles’ Jazz Ensemble. “He competed ...
For the Truckey family of Algoma, music is a passion. Jim Truckey organized Algoma’s Concerts in the Park for 13 years and brought Grammy-award-winning talent to the region, and his wife, Lynn, who ...
Call it stereotyping, but the truth is occasionally we’ll see a pairing of musician and instrument we don’t expect. We’d be surprised, for example, to find a burly, hulking guy playing a piccolo. We’d ...
Jack Nimitz played clarinet and alto saxophone before discovering the baritone sax and falling in love with the instrument's voice. “It sounded so warm and nice and dark and rich," he said. Nimitz ...
Mixed emotions must underline this review. Center Stage, featuring bassist Eddie Gomez, drummer Steve Gadd and baritone saxophonist Ronnie Cuber with Germany's superb WDR Big Band conducted by Michael ...
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Lauren Sevian is playing a big concert Feb. 21 with the Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra. The concert is the Music of Mingus and Sevian plays in the Mingus Dynasty Big Band ...
As he plays his baritone saxophone in the office of Van Buren High School Band director Ron Smith, 17-year-old Manuel Valente’s brow is furrowed in concentration. Playing the baritone - often called a ...
The burning heat and hard-driving swing of a jazz organ trio will fill Ann Arbor’s Blue Llama Jazz Club on Friday when baritone saxophonist Alex Harding’s Organ Nation plays an evening of standards ...
Have you ever heard a Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone in the 1840s? It is a versatile woodwind instrument known for its smooth, expressive sound. Saxophonists are musicians who use the smooth, ...
Sam and Dave. Lennon and McCartney. George and Ira Gershwin. None of those remarkable musical collaborations lasted more than 20 years. But if longevity is rare in artistic as well as romantic unions, ...