Tenor Saxophone article by Bob Bernotas, published on September 7, 2015 at All About Jazz. Find more Building a Jazz Library articles. ... Through the 1930s gifted improvisers emerged from the ...

COVID Era Produces A New Crop Of Solo Records From Jazz Instrumentalists J.D. Allen's Queen City and Jon Irabagon's Bird With Streams are two very different new albums by outstanding tenor ...

Ode to a Tenor Titan article by Bill Milkowski, published on March 22, 2022 at All About Jazz. ... along with his extended solo tenor intro for the first two and a half minutes to "My One And Only ...

Michael Brecker, a versatile and highly influential tenor saxophonist who won 11 Grammys over a career that spanned more than three decades, has died. Michael Brecker, icon of jazz tenor sax, dead ...

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Tenor sax sensation Joshua Redman unveiled a supergroup and the telepathic duo of bassist Francois Moutin, and daring singer Kavita Shah positively swept me away. Here are the 10 best jazz albums ...

At a staggering 286 beats per minute, and an ultra-demanding chord progression, John Coltrane's Giant Steps is regarded as one of the greatest challenges in jazz. The great tenor saxophonist recorded ...

In total, Mr. Shorter won 12 Grammy Awards, the last bestowed this year for best improvised jazz solo, for “Endangered Species,” a track, written with Ms. Spalding, from the album “Live at ...

Born on April 14, 1925, Ammons was a second-generation jazz musician from Chicago, who earned attention for his fiery work in Billy Eckstine's big band, and his staged duels with fellow saxophonists.

The Chicago Jazz Philharmonic performs “Ellingtonia,” a suite about jazz great Duke Ellington, during a performance at Kehrein Center for the Arts in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood on Feb. 8 ...