When they were looking for a short and sweet name for their saxophone quartet in fall 2016, the men of ~Nois decided to shorten the word “Illinois” to solidify their status as a Chicago-based group.

His latest album, "All This I Do For Glory," is full of brooding compositions that use a variety of techniques that make his saxophone sound like a five-piece band. Colin Stetson is a frequent ...

Glover fought to build a life in music. From Portland, Ore., to New York City, her story traces resilience, creativity and ...

With his big, burly sound and commanding sense of swing, tenor saxophonist Grant Stewart holds a special place on New York City’s rapidly evolving jazz scene. As one of the first musicians booked at ...

The Rova Saxophone Quartet came together in 1977 and performed its debut concert in February 1978 at a music festival at Mills College in Oakland, California. The group’s lineup — Jon Raskin, Larry ...

When Belgian Instrument Maker Adolphe Sax stuck a reed into a conical brass tube and patented the hybrid in 1846, he contributed a new instrument to the military band. In time his saxophone traveled ...

The world’s largest saxophone makes a booming noise so low that people have compared it to the horn a ship sounds when it’s ...

Henrik Pultz Melbye – saxophone/clarinet/composer. Born 1986 in Ribe, Denmark now based in Copenhagen. In 2011 he Graduated from The Academy of Music in Esbjerg with a Master in Music. In August of ...

THE AMETHYST SAXOPHONE QUARTET presents "Sax and the City," a saxophone concert with special guests, on Friday, Sept. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the UM Music Recital Hall. Admission is $10 general, $5 for ...

NEWBURYPORT — Kind. Generous. Joyful. Ask anyone who knew Grammy Award winning saxophonist/flautist Amadee Castenell to describe him, and that’s what you’ll hear. Those qualities were his through-line ...