5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Alto Saxophone

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.
The Republic

Tenor sax player headlining Jazz at Helen’s

Tenor saxophonist Sophie Faught is shown at a past performance. Tenor saxophonist Sophie Faught gets compliments on her jazz sounds, some of it original. And Faught gets compliments on her clothing, ...
Times Union

At fundraiser for A Place of Jazz, a saxophone salute to two greats

Zoot Sims, left, and Al Cohn performing on stage. Al Cohn, circa 1980. Saxophonist John 'Zoot' Sims on break at WTTW Studios during a taping of the show Soundstage in Chicago, Nov. 26, 1979. Harry ...
Los Angeles Times

Nick Brignola, 65; Top Jazz Saxophone Player

Nick Brignola, a baritone saxophonist who was one of the top players of his instrument in jazz, has died. He was 65. Brignola died Friday at the Albany Medical Center in Albany, N.Y., after a long ...
Los Angeles Times

Harold Ashby, 78; Tenor Sax Player for Duke Ellington

Harold Ashby, 78, a tenor saxophonist with the Duke Ellington orchestra, died Friday in New York City. No cause of death was given, but the New York Times reported that he entered the hospital at the ...