A new online lesson is available at scooby-sax.com. The lesson examines the four available versions of Wardell Gray's solo on Twisted. The lessons highlights similarities and differences among the ...

Charles McPherson meets me at the door of the home he shares with his wife and daughter in Talmadge Park and he invites me in. He’s wearing black slacks and a purple pullover and stocking feet. “We ...

Courtney Pine, a prince of British jazz, only got to play the saxophone at the age of 14 through a stroke of luck. A saxophone player had failed to turn up to the school orchestra rehearsal, so the ...

Branford Marsalis is best known as a jazz musician, but about 10 years ago the saxophonist began focusing more on classical music, which he says has made him a better musician, and that’s what he’ll ...

The smooth sound of saxophone wafts out of the pub and down the street of the outback town of Tambo. Seven nights a week, musician Mark McGurgan sits down with his sax and keyboard for his usual set ...

Coleman Hawkins, known as "The Hawk" or "Bean," basically invented tenor sax as we know it, all the way down to Bill Clinton playing his way to office. After making many recordings with various groups ...