Alto Reed was a rock star in Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band. Five years after his death, his daughters reflect as prized ...

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 ...

Hillary may be the one running for president, but it’s Bill people want to see — at least, that’s what the creators of “Clinton” are counting on. The musical satire of the 42nd president, running July ...

Benny Carter at the Apollo Theater in Harlem circa 1946. Photo by William Gottlieb. Courtesy the Library of Congress Joann Stevens is the program manager for Jazz Appreciation Month and a regular ...

Blowhards: New players such as Brendan Mills, left, and Lewis Evans, centre are bringing the saxophone back in from the cold (Getty/iStock/The Independent) Get the inside track from Roisin O'Connor ...

An operating theater isn't somewhere you'd normally expect to see someone belt out a saxophone solo, and even if you did, you wouldn't peg the player to be the patient lying on the table with their ...

Call him the consummate showman. A veritable South Florida jazz institution, Joe Donato can be found Thursday nights holding court at Coconut Grove’s Tuscany Café, charming the diners with his ...

When Spain's Ramon Mañas moved to Berlin to study music, he started learning the saxophone. But as the sax is a loud instrument, he couldn't do so when and where he liked. This led to the development ...

On a recent Thursday night in Burlington, an arctic wind is funneling up Pearl Street from the lake, whipping around corners and separating caps from their owners. It’s a nice night to stay in and ...

It is a tiresome, but unfortunately largely accurate, cliché, that it is impossible to name 10 famous Belgians. Jacques Brel, René Magritte and Hergé may spring fairly easily to mind but a more ...