Every once in a while, a single instrument arrives and rewrites the rules. Not just for music, but for culture itself. Think about it. A strip of brass and a few keys gave birth to jazz. A solid block ...

Google has marked the 201st anniversary of Adolphe Sax’s birth – and here are five songs that wouldn’t have been the same without his invention ...

What it’s about: The inventor of the saxotromba! Also, the saxtuba, saxhorn, and more consequentially, the saxophone. Name enough things after yourself, and eventually one of them is going to stick.

Tosan Arugha plays the saxophone almost note perfect — but he plays it differently from how you might expect. The 31-year-old has been dubbed the human saxophone because he makes a sound remarkably ...

As a sax player, I have to say it doesn't hold a candle to a violin in skilled hands. Strings in general are more emotive than wind instruments, IMO. The cello being another good example.

Music became Ian Resurreccion’s passport to travel the world. Through every balikbayan box of instruments he sends home, he ...

Microtonal Saxophone is the latest in an impressive lineage of innovative and experimental saxophone recordings released by Potlatch. It follows in the footsteps of such groundbreaking albums as ...

The Rova Saxophone Quartet was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in October 1977 by Jon Raskin, Larry Ochs, Andrew Voigt and Bruce Ackley. The ensemble performed its first concert at the 3rd ...

LEOMINSTER — Enjoy the musical talents of the Boston Saxophone Quartet as they present “Instruments & the Movies” at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 15, at the Leominster Public Library, 30 West St. This free ...