More than 70 years ago, what's often called the greatest jazz concert of all time took place in Toronto. Charlie "Bird" Parker soared with four legendary colleagues while playing a plastic saxophone.

Jazz thrived around the world in 2025, with major events taking place everywhere from San Diego and Tijuana to Abu Dhabi and ...

More than 70 years ago, what's often called the greatest jazz concert of all time took place in Toronto. Charlie "Bird" Parker soared with four legendary colleagues while playing a plastic saxophone.

What happens when all your European and North American concerts and tours fall through because of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic? For alto saxophone great Charles McPherson, there have been ...

While hauling his luggage through airport terminals, Boney James occasionally hears a calming jazz saxophone coming from the sound system. His jazz saxophone. James, a veteran of modern smooth jazz, ...

Kenny G charmed a relatively sparse, mostly middle-aged audience at the Palace Theatre on Wednesday night with a craftily constructed concert of smooth and occasionally more challenging jazz saxophone ...

As a high school student in Massachusetts, Sarah Hanahan didn't like her academic classes. In fact, she admits, "I just hated school. I always knew, like, 'I can't do this. This just isn't me.'" If ...

The saxophonist has released more than 30 albums as a bandleader since 1993, and he moves back and forth between electric fusion-style jazz and acoustic playing with deceptive ease. He’s received ...

Syracuse — CNY Jazz will once again bring national artists to their downtown theater with the revival of “Live at Jazz Central” shows, beginning with a concert by internationally acclaimed saxophonist ...

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