The alto saxophone is one of the most popular instruments in jazz and pop music, known for its smooth, expressive sound. Over the years, many talented musicians have made their mark playing the alto ...

PORT ANGELES — The winter quarter Jazz Ensemble concert in Peninsula College’s Maier Hall will feature music played and sung by 18 North Olympic Peninsula jazz musicians at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Admission ...

Blues-drenched bop and rhapsodic ballads will undoubtedly be on the menu at Yoshi's this week when the veteran alto saxophonists Frank Morgan (pictured) and Sonny Fortune blow through town. Morgan ...

The saxophone can sound sad, fun, or full of emotion, and few other instruments show emotion as well as it does. Since Adolphe Sax invented it in the 1840s, this brass and woodwind hybrid has gone ...

The use of non-standard jazz instruments or instrumentations in ensembles was heard often. "During the last half-century, New York's preeminence in the jazz world has faced a serious challenge only ...