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

You might be surprised to find out just how often the saxophone is used in classic rock. Not just relegated to jazz or big band music, there are sax players who roll and growl, swoop and dive on their ...

A tribute to Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band sax player Clarence Clemons, who died on June 18 following a stroke suffered a week earlier In the admittedly narrow category of great and revered ...

"Learn to work with a saxophone, I play just what I feel…" - Steely Dan 6 AM on a Thursday morning, I'm rambling out the grocery store with my supply of granola bars and coca-cola to survive another ...

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.

This article was originally published in Death and Taxes on February 24, 2012. The saxophone is an instrument that has run through an ongoing cycle of cool and uncool dating back to the birth of rock ...

What is your favorite saxophone part or parts in a rock ’n’ roll song? The sax is one of my favorite instruments. Its importance in jazz music cannot be overstated, but it also is a instrumental in ...

Personally, I feel I would be remiss if I didn’t include George Michael’s Careless Whisper , a song that I love only semi-ironically: And now, we’re throwing it to you. What’s the best sax solo in pop ...

LONDON — Musician Raphael Ravenscroft, who played one of the most famous saxophone solos of all time on Gerry Rafferty’s “Baker Street,” has died. He was 60. Ravenscroft’s family says he died Sunday ...