This episode, we’ll hear highlights from Hanahan’s burning set at the 2022 Caramoor Jazz Festival in Katonah, N.Y., and music from her newly released debut album, Among Giants. Set List: ...

Mahomet-Seymour senior Isaac Hanson has been recognized for his ability as a jazz, alto saxophone player as a 2024 YoungArts award winner. Isaac Hanson Mahomet-Seymour senior Isaac Hanson has been ...

There is not a single degree of separation between saxophone legend Charles Lloyd and such American music icons as B.B. King, Ornette Coleman and the Grateful Dead. Or, for that matter, between Llo… ...

Of the many members of the saxophone family, the alto and tenor have emerged as its most prominent siblings. From the mid-1920s onward, many big band alto saxophonists have filled a dual role, best ...

Parker employed the range of the alto sax and its keying system to show the world a new music entirely, while "sonorists" like Stan Getz (possessor of "The Sound") turned the instrument into, ...

But the pop song “Just the Way You Are,” with Woods’ piercing alto saxophone solo, made his sound instantly recognizable to the millions who listened to Top 40 music. Woods, whom some ...