*Following his heart and his musical intuition has made two-time Grammy-nominated and award-winning jazz saxophonist and flautist Najee, an international legend in the music industry. Celebrating 30 ...

While spring breakers head down to South Beach, most of the cool cats will be at Dolphins Stadium for Jazz in the Garden this weekend. The sultry sounds in the cool night air have become a staple ...

Billy Harper as he appears on the cover of the 1990 album Destiny Is Yours Credit: Steve Krakow for Chicago Reader Saxophonist Billy Harper has a quote from jazz radio broadcaster Miles Willis ...

Chances are, you have probably heard Eric Marienthal‘s alto saxophone even if you don’t know him by name—he’s played with jazz, blues, and soul legends like Stevie Wonder, Lou Rawls, B.B. King, and ...

As part of the second London Saxophone Festival, a number of London jazz clubs and venues featured music played on this quintessentially jazz instrument. Invented by Adolphe Sax in Paris, 60 years ...

The sounds of sirens, as opposed to the sounds of silence, mean different things to different people. Sirens blare at the start of “Amerikkan Skin,” the leadoff track from Lakecia Benjamin’s fourth ...

As The Jazz Gallery continues its 30th anniversary special concert series, be prepared for an enthralling journey on Dec. 17-20.

How appropriate is it that the Springfield Jazz & Roots Festival opened with a second line parade down Chestnut Street to Bridge Street and the Stearns Square venue for the eighth annual music ...

Originally consisting of saxophonists David Murray, Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake and Hamiet Bluiett, the World Saxophone Quartet is one of the finest and most unusual small combos in jazz today. The ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Donald Harrison, whose quintet headlines the 46 th annual Lakeland Jazz Festival at Lakeland Community College this weekend, is known for taking quantum leaps with the genre. His ...

Veteran sax and flute player Lew Tabackin, a product of South Philadelphia, is one of the “Jazz Jews” discussed in Mike Gerber’s new book of that name. Tabackin performs in a quartet with his wife, ...