Almost no other instrument seems so synonymous with jazz as the sax. Listen to some classic alto playing from Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt and more greats.

Learn about well-known alto saxophone players. See how their music, style, and talent made them stand out around the world.

1. Poortown Scrub : This tune was written on my There And Back Again tour. A three month, 13,000 mile tour. I was about half-way through my tour when Zach Spiezer (My co-writer , friend and musical ...

Refused named their classic 1998 album The Shape of Punk to Come after Ornette Coleman’s 1959 free jazz classic The Shape of ...

You have to admire the ambition of saxophonist Llibert Fortuny. His third recording as leader sees him adding thirteen musicians to his electric quintet to create a big band which utilizes sound ...

Three members of Refused have announced a new album from their “free form death-jazz” group Backengrillen alongside prolific ...

It’s fall and in Austin that of course means it’s time for Jazz at St. James' Episcopal Church. By the time the annual music ...

This was shaping up to be a banner year for Boston singer John Minnock. He had finished a new album, “A Different Riff: Minnock Sings Shire," that found him collaborating with noted film and theater ...

Arni Cheatham liked to say he was most fulfilled creatively when he was onstage with his saxophone and got “to hold the horn while God plays.” A jazz performer, composer, and educator in Boston for ...