Todd Williams makes appearances from among the finest artists in today’s music scene. Originally known for his saxophone and clarinet performance with the Wynton Marsalis Quintet, Septet and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Michelle Bracken/FOR THE WASHINGTON POST) Sonny Rollins, the "saxophone colossus" who was widely considered America's greatest ...

Unlike the structured precision of a piano-driven quartet, saxophone-guitar albums thrive on spontaneity. Imagine a smoky jazz club where the deep, soulful wail of a saxophone weaves effortlessly with ...

Two new releases from the musician—‘Kevin Sun I.’ and ‘Kevin Sun II.’—are by turns serious and whimsical, capturing him both in debt to tradition and playfully upending it.

In the three years since his sprawling 3-hour debut album The Epic, jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington has achieved a level of crossover and mainstream appeal that straight-ahead jazz artists of the ...

Anytime a discussion of jazz saxophone takes place, a handful of names invariably crop up, even from those only vaguely familiar with the form. And there’s a good reason for that: While there have ...

In the beginning, there was Coleman Hawkins. Coleman Hawkins begat Ben Webster. And Ben Webster begat Lester Young, and Lester Young begat Charlie Parker. And Charlie Parker begat Dexter Gordon, and ...

Star saxophonist Courtney Pine's new album Transition in Tradition is dedicated to Sidney Bechet – a New Orleans jazz pioneer who died half a century ago. His name is probably unknown to music lovers ...

Long before jazz became a global language, Belgium gave it one of its most recognisable voices. The saxophone, invented by ...

Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, the “Saxophone Colossus” who was schooled by bebop’s legends as a prized sideman and became their peer as a formidable leader, improviser and composer, has died, ...