Capable of far more than a slightly sleazy solo (though to be honest that’s part of the appeal) the presence of this golden-hued instrument has elevated hundreds of songs into straight-up super hits.

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 ...

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.

Studio musicians contribute immeasurably, and often anonymously, to the fabric of pop music, making it a rarity when one rises above that anonymity the way saxophonist Raphael Ravenscroft did as the ...

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, ...

Cheesy, cool, noisy, sweet – the sax is a versatile beast that has made many great songs even better The saxophone has earned its place in just about every modern music genre. Listen to the earliest ...