It was an amazing sight Tuesday at the Jazz Bakery -- a trio of brawny baritone saxophonists spread across the stage with the rip-snorting, foot-stomping vitality of a line of rhinos ready to charge ...

Melissa Aldana, who became the first female instrumentalist and first South American musician to win the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition last fall, is not the average ...

The English trio S.O.S. — saxophonists John Surman, Mike Osborne and Alan Skidmore — was formed in 1973, and made only one LP for the Ogun label a couple years later. They didn't last long, but they ...

Ray's musical career has included playing with:- Spiritualized - 5 years, 3 albums & several world tours, Dr. John - played sax & flute and wrote horn arrangements on "Anutha Zone", Moonshake - 2 ...

When Mr. Laff’s closed its Davie doors last year, some wondered whether the entertainment complex would return, but the club reappeared shortly before the start of ’95. Now in Sunrise, Mr. Laff’s is ...

Hailing from South Florida, this enterprising quartet was instigated by baritonist Melton R. Mustafa in 1999. There aren't actually that many saxophone-only quartets around, although 29th Street ...

Pharoah Sanders’ 1977 release Izipho Zam (My Gifts) on the Strata-East label is a fascinating listen. Widely regarded as a landmark in the evolution of free jazz, it continues to grow on me—and that, ...

David Johnke leads the Flathead High School Symphonic Band in a piece called “Lux Aurumque” (‘Light and Gold”) by Eric Whitacre in the District 1 Music Festival on April 5 at Glacier High School.

Melissa Aldana, who became the first female instrumentalist and first South American musician to win the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition last fall, is not the average ...