If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Deciding to learn how to play the saxophone is one thing.

Adolphe Sax made this alto saxophone in 1857, long after he had switched to brass. The sax is still a woodwind instrument, though. Photo courtesy National Music Museum, Vermillion, South Dakota The ...

It was the picture of the DJ – headphones around his neck, saxophone in his hands – that caught Tiffany Yamasaki’s eye. She didn’t like the music options her wedding venue offered, and seeing the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Adolphe Sax, who revolutionised jazz and blues with his invention of the saxophone, is finally getting the recognition he is due ...

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

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 ...

The Hawaii Saxophone Foundation is launching Season 2 of its Super Saxophone Series, featuring acclaimed saxophonist Jeff Kashiwa, with a free master class for high school saxophonists and a live ...

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Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Adolphe Sax, pictured ca. 1842 Rothman is managing editor at TIME. It took decades—a century even, depending how you count—for Adolphe Sax’s invention to take its ...