Poortown Scrub, Bad Mother, I Just Can't Believe It, Follow Me, Bump, Everybody Knows, Amy's Lament. Another Beautiful Day, Ethan's Blues, A Smoldering Beguilement, Funk'n'a, Sunshine and Smiles 1. Poortown Scrub : This tune was written on my There And ...

What is your favorite saxophone part or parts in a rock ’n’ roll song? The sax is one of my favorite instruments. Its importance in jazz music cannot be overstated, but it also is a instrumental in rock ’n’ roll. Several of the lists I’ve looked ...

Jazz, blues, classical, funk, pop, soul, bossa nova, gospel, rock, Afrobeat, disco and country. These are just some of the styles of music that tenor saxophone great Houston Person has performed in his storied career, which includes numerous solo albums ...

Why is it that saxophonists have to fill every beat of every measure when they're soloing? Couldn't they leave an eighth note unplayed here and there? I don't think you're being fair to saxophonists. Compare them to the pianist, bassist and drummer who get ...

A 1978 hit has been ranked as having the greatest saxophone solo of all time, thanks to one unforgettable musical moment. Even though other instruments, like guitars, drums, and bass, get more attention, there is something incredibly appealing about a good ...

"Learn to work with a saxophone, I play just what I feel…" - Steely Dan 6 AM on a Thursday morning, I'm rambling out the grocery store with my supply of granola bars and coca-cola to survive another workweek. I get in my car, and get it going. Meanwhile ...

You might be surprised to find out just how often the saxophone is used in classic rock. Not just relegated to jazz or big band music, there are sax players who roll and growl, swoop and dive on their instrument when it comes to songs from big-name rock ...

Sonny Rollins, the “saxophone colossus” who was widely considered America’s greatest living jazz musician and whose musical eloquence and inventiveness kept him at the creative forefront of jazz for six decades, died May 25 at his home in Woodstock ...

When tenor saxophonist John Coltrane recorded his composition "Giant Steps" in 1959, he created something that changed the way musicians thought about improvisation and harmony. Decades earlier, the man who took the first leaps and bounds with the tenor ...

Sonny Rollins, the “saxophone colossus” who was widely considered America’s greatest living jazz musician and whose musical eloquence and inventiveness kept him at the creative forefront of jazz for six decades, died Monday at his home in Woodstock ...

Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, the "Saxophone Colossus" who was schooled by bebop's legends as a prized sideman and became their peer as a formidable leader, improviser and composer, has died, according to a social media post from his family. No cause of ...