*In observation of Black Music Month, gospel jazz is a genre that definitely deserves attention, especially “Power,” the new praise and worship instrumental jazz offering from saxophonist Cameron Ross ...

Years before James Brandon Lewis gained recognition as one of jazz’s most potent and expressive tenor saxophonists there was a moment he thought he’d found his calling in church. After earning a ...

Tenor saxophonist and educator Javon Jackson, who grew up in Denver, currently chairs the Hartt School’s Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz Studies at the University of Hartford in Connecticut. That ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Midland Saxophone Quartet will celebrate the holidays with a special performance of Jazz Christmas favorites on Saturday, ...

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 ...

This first-rate UK-based saxophone quartet has been in existence since 1984, and it is celebrated for its thought-provoking reimagining of well-known works from progressive rock icons such as King ...

Damien Sneed doesn't believe in coincidences. Each event in his life set a purpose and path for what would follow. "For me, God has been everything in my music and everything to me," he tells Jazz ...

Wilton Andrew Machen, known as "Mache", age 65, of Grand Rapids, MI, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Sunday June 26, 2011. Mache was well known in West Michigan as a Jazz and Gospel saxophone ...